Le Corbusier /
Le Corbusier / Maurice Besset. - First edition. - London : The Architectural press limited , 1987. - 229 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
"This book was conceived and edited by Phaidon editors"--Half title page. In slip case.
Includes bibliographical references ([v. 1.], page 763) and index.
[v. 1]. Introductory essay / by Jean-Louis Cohen -- Chapter introductions / by Tim Benton -- Childhood and early travels (1887-1917) -- Becoming Le Corbusier (1917-1926) -- Urban visions and purist villas (1922-1936) -- In search of the big commission (1926-1942) -- Paris, Vichy, and the war (1937-1943) -- Grand projects on a human scale (1942-1952) -- Passage to India (1950-1962) -- The sacred and the sublime (1950-1959) -- Mediterranean days (1950-1959) -- Retrospection (1954-1965) -- Notes, chronology, selected bibliography, index -- [v. 2]. Documents : English translation.
The 70 page booklet accompanying Le Corbusier : Le Grand contains a French/English glossary of architectural terms and translations of the foreign language documents. Chapter 1. Childhood and early travels (1887-1917) -- Chapter 2. Becoming Le Corbusier (1917-1926) -- Chapter 3. Urban visions and purist villas (1922-1935) -- Chapter 4. In search of the big commission (1926-1942) -- Chapter 5. Paris, Vichy and the war (1937-1943) -- Chapter 6. Grand projects on a human scale (1942-1952) -- Chapter 7. Passage to India (1950-1962) -- Chapter 8. The sacred and the sublime (1950-1959) -- Chapter 9. Mediterranean days (1950-1959) -- Chapter 10. Retrospection (1954-1965).
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Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Le Corbusier.
Le Corbusier--Bildband.
1900-1999
Architecture--France--20th century.
Architecture--Histoire--France--20e siècle.
Architecture.
Architektur
Gebouwen.
France.
Quotations (texts)
Correspondence.
Biographies.
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