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Le Corbusier / Maurice Besset.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: London : The Architectural press limited , 1987.Edition: First editionDescription: 229 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780714846682
  • 0714846686
  • 9780714849263
  • 0851398049
  • 0714849278
  • 9780714849270
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 720.92 B 557 1987l 22
LOC classification:
  • NA1053.J4 L455 2008
Contents:
[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.
Summary: The 70 page booklet accompanying Le Corbusier : Le Grand contains a French/English glossary of architectural terms and translations of the foreign language documents.Summary: 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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Books Books Premier University Department of Architecture Library 720.92 B 557l 1987 1 Available 28981

"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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