TY - BOOK AU - ED - Phaidon Press. TI - Le Corbusier SN - 9780714846682 AV - NA1053.J4 L455 2008 U1 - 720.92 B 557 1987l 22 PY - 1987/// CY - London PB - The Architectural press limited KW - Le Corbusier, KW - Le Corbusier. KW - Le Corbusier KW - Architecture KW - France KW - 20th century KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - fast KW - Architektur KW - gnd KW - Gebouwen KW - gtt KW - Quotations (texts) KW - v KW - aat KW - Correspondence KW - Biographies N1 - "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; Architecture N2 - 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) ER -