Beschreibung:
A revised and updated edition of a bestselling introduction to Le Corbusier, one of the leading architects of the twentieth century.
Introduction 1. The Formative Years 1887-1916 2. Towards a New Architecture 1917-1927 3. The City of Tomorrow 1910-1933 4. Decorative Art Today 1925-1937 5. A House, A Palace 1923-1929 6. World Architect: Czechoslovakia, Russia, Brazil, North Africa, North America, France and Switzerland 1928-1936 7. The Politics of the Unpolitical: Le Corbusier and Saint-Simonian Technocracy 1923-1947 8. From Intermediate Technology to Regional Urbanization 1929-1946 9. Towards a New Habitat 1922-1960 10. The Sacred and the Profane: Le Corbusier and Spiritual Form 1948-1965 11. Passage to India 1950-1965 12. Le Poème de l'Angle Droit 13. Fin d'un Monde: The Last Works 1939-1965