A republication of the original book by Le Corbusier. "'The airplane is the symbol of the new age,' declared Le Corbusier in the introduction to this book, first published in 1935. 'A new state of modern conscience. ... [details]
Critical text by Le Corbusier, translated into English by James Dunnett. "Among the most famous of Le Corbusier's works, this book first came out in 1925 as a companion volume to Towards a New Architecture and The City of Tomorrow, two of the most influential writings on architecture and town planning Le Corbusier produced. ... [details]
"Architektur im Möbel - Furniture as Architektur' is the title of this richly illustrated book which traces the parallels between building and furniture design from antiquity to today. It records a dialogue between past and present in whcih the examples are selected in particular to relate the achievements of the twentieth century to those of our forbears. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held in 1984. Includes essay by Derek E. Ostergard. Designers include Derek E. Ostergard, Henry Clement Van de Velde, Antonio Gaudi, Hector Guimard, Eugene Gaillard, Louis Majorelle, Carlo Bugatti, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Victor Horta, Josef Maria Olbrich, Bernard Pankok, Peter Behrens, Bruno Paul, Richard Riemerschmid, Adolf Loos, Otto Koloman Wagner, Josef Hoffmann, Wilhelm Schmidt, Hans Vollmer, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles Rohlfs, Francis Jourdain, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Pierre Chareau, Jean-Michel Frank, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, Marcel Breuer, Bruno Mathsson, Marcel Louis Baugniet, Alvar Aalto, Gerald Summers, Elsie de Wolfe, Charles Eames, Ray Kaiser Eames, Eero Saarinen, Hans Wegner, Jean Prouvé, George Nelson, Carlo Mollino, Franco Albini, and Dan Johnson. ... [details]
Collection of essays by Henrich Klotz. Architects and other figures mentioned include Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, Paul Rudolph, Le Corbusier, Kevin Roche, Adolfo Natalini, Cesar Pelli, Helmut Jahn, Ralph Erskine, Kenzo Tange, Alison and Peter Smithson, Aldo van Eyck, Oswald Mathias Ungers, Louis I. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held August 20 - October 3, 1982. Written contributions by Hans und Walter Bechtler, René Wehrli, Felix Baumann, and Willy Rotzler. Artists include Hans Aeschbacher, Josef Albers, Arnold D'Altri, Horst Antes, Karel Appel, Hans Arp, Jean Baier, Wolf Barth, René Auberjonois, Andreas Bechlter, Raffael Benazzi, Miguel Berrocal, Max Bill, Julius Bissier, Roger Bissière, Walter Bodmer, Constantin Brancusi, Serge Brignoni, Alexander Calder, Massimo Campigli, Serge Candolfi, Anthony Caro, Baldacchini Cesar, Lynn Chadwick, Eduardo Chillida, Christo, Le Corbusier, Edgar Degas, Nicolas De Staël, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Franz Eggenschwiler, Max Ernst, Hans Falk, Franz Fedier, Hans Fischer, Hans Fischli, Cornelia Forster, Sam Francis, Werner Frei, Eugen Früh, Naum Gabo, Hans Gerber, Theo Gerber, Alberto Giacometti, Augusto Giacometti, Wilhelm Gimmi, Fritz Giarner, Julio Gonzalez, Adolph Gottlieb, Camille Graeser, Günter Haese, Etienne Hajdu, Hans Hartung, Barbara Hepworth, Adolf Herbst, Christian Herdeg, Marguerite Hersberger, Rudolf Hoflehner, Gottfried Honegger, Jean Ipousteguy, Johannes Itten, Robert Jacobsen, Alfred Jensen, Jasper Johns, Wassily Kandinsky, Zoltan Kemeny, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Richard Kissling, Paul Klee, Oedön Koch, Oskar Kokoschka, Harry Kramer, Nortbert Kricke, Frank Kupka, Henri Laurens, Fernand Léger, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Leo Leuppi, Robert Lienhard, Richard Paul Lohse, Alberto Longoni, Verena Loewensburg, Bernhard Luginbühl, Alberto Magnelli, Alfred Manessier, Marino Marini, Silvio Mattioli, Bruno Meier, Peter Meister, Joan Miró, Yasuo Mizui, Henry Moore, Otto Müller, Robert Müller, Zoran Music, Ben Nicholson, Isamu Noguchi, Kenneth Noland, Victor Pasmore, Alicia Penalba, Iwan Pestalozzi, Antoine Pevsner, Pablo Picasso, Edouard Pignon, Serge Poliafkoff, Germaine Richier, Bridget Riley, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Charles Rollier, Dieter Roth, Mark Rothko, Georges Roualt, Kathaina Sallenbach, Niki de Saint Phalle, Giuseppe Santomaso, Gérard Schneider, Bruno Walter Siegfried, Alfred Sigg Hermann, Kurt Sigrist, Roman Signer, Gustave Singier, David Smith, Pierre Soulages, Louis Soutter, Emilio Stanzani, Frank Stella, George Sugarman, Antoni Tapiès, Jean Tinguely, Mark Tobey, Italo Valenti, Georges Vantongerloo, Grégorio Vardanega, Victor Vasarely, Jacques Villon, Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart, Andy Warhol, Hans-Peter Weber, Rudolf Zender, and Arnold Zürcher. ... [details]
A survey of contemporary architecture published in 1982. "Anyone interested in sorting out the diversities and complexities of contemporary architecture - and in speculating on the future shape of contemporary architecture - and in speculating on the future shape of our homes and cities - will enjoy this spirited, up-to-the-minute book. ... [details]
First volume in a four volume series highlighting the collected sketches of the Swiss-French architect, Le Corbusier. Preface by André Wogenscky, introduction by Maurice Besset, and notes by Françoise de Franclieu. ... [details]
Second volume in a four volume series highlighting the collected sketches of the Swiss-French architect, Le Corbusier. Notes by Françoise de Franclieu. "Second in the four-volume series of Le Corbusier Sketchbooks, this book contains notes and sketches Le Corbusier made in the 1950s, a particularly rich period in his career. ... [details]
Third volume in a four volume series highlighting the collected sketches of the Swiss-French architect, Le Corbusier. Notes by Françoise de Franclieu. "Unlike the carefully-edited books Le Corbusier published on his works, the sketchbooks reveal a man more interested in nature than in mechanization or functionalism, a human being capable of profound religious feelings despite his dry profession of agnosticism - in short, a more intuitive, sensuous personality than is usually assumed. ... [details]