Fifth volume in a four volume series highlighting the collected sketches of the Swiss-French architect, Le Corbusier. Notes by Françoise de Franclieu. "In these last sketchbooks the government complex at the new capital, Chandigarh, nears completion. ... [details]
The classic theoretical text by Le Corbusier, in which the architect attempts to reconcile Metric and Imperial measurements, with a system of anthropometric scales and proportions. Includes a chronological review, an appendix with concrete verifications and coda, as well as an index. ... [details]
"This is the first scholarly and critical study of Le Corbusier's work as a whole. It organizes his ideas in terms of the basic themes - intellectual, artistic, and ideological - that characterize his contribution to modern art and architecture and illustrates these with over 200 line drawings and halftones. ... [details]
Critical theory by Peter Blake. Particular edition features an updated introduction. Includes index. Printed in black-and-white. [details]
The first English edition of Le Corbusier's text The Athens Charter. With introductions by Josep Lluis Sert and Jean Giraudoux, translated by Anthony Eardley. "The Athens Charter was first published in Paris - clandestinely, its author anonymous, with an introduction by jean Giraudoux - in 1943, at the height of the Nazi occupation. ... [details]
"In this stimulating book Charles Jencks discusses Le Corbusier's career from its early beginnings in Switzerland to the final international years, setting his private life and public image, his theories and his relationships with one another. ... [details]
Special issue of GA Global Architecture featuring solely on Le Corbusier's Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France. Edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa. Text by Takamasa Yoshizaka. Printed in color and black-and-white. ... [details]
"Modern cities are threatened with suffocation. Industries whose wealth is essential but who pollutants can be fatal, bumper-to-bumper transportation systems, crowding, manic disproportions and crazed urban structures - no wonder the cities are decaying and hardly habitable. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held July 11 - August 23, 1970. Preface by Felix Andreas Baumann. Previously published text by Stéphane Mallarmé, F.T. Marinetti, Tristan Tzara, Oyvind Fahlström, El Lissitzky, André Breton, Eugen Gomringer, Augusto de Campos, Decio Pignatari, Haroldo de Campos, Jan Hamilton Finlay, Pierre Garnier, Max Bense, Reinhard Döhl, Carlfriedrich Claus, Seiichi Niikuni, Henri Chopin, Franz Mon, Jiri Kolár, and Bob Cobbing. ... [details]
Critical theory by Peter Blake. Includes index. Printed in black-and-white. [details]
