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Book Synopsis The Le Corbusier Guide by : Deborah Gans
Download or read book The Le Corbusier Guide written by Deborah Gans and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Le Corbusier Guide has been a favourite of architects since it was first published over 10 years ago. This edition has been completely updated and features photographs, plans, and precise descriptions of Le Corbusier's great architectural edifices. It includes a complete index and introduction, making it the perfect reference for the scholar, student, or tourist.
Book Synopsis The Le Corbusier Guide by : Deborah Gans
Download or read book The Le Corbusier Guide written by Deborah Gans and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A picture may be worth a thousand words but there is no real substitute for personal experience and anyone who has visited Le Corbusier knows just how true this is. This architectural guide tells you everything you need to know to get to his buildings including maps, directions, and visitor information.
Book Synopsis Towards a New Architecture by : Le Corbusier
Download or read book Towards a New Architecture written by Le Corbusier and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pioneering manifesto by founder of "International School." Technical and aesthetic theories, views of industry, economics, relation of form to function, "mass-production split," and much more. Profusely illustrated.
Book Synopsis Le Corbusier by : Arts Council of Great Britain (London)
Download or read book Le Corbusier written by Arts Council of Great Britain (London) and published by . This book was released on 1987* with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Le Corbusier and the Occult by : Jan Birksted
Download or read book Le Corbusier and the Occult written by Jan Birksted and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Le Corbusier grew up in La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland, a city described by Karl Marx as "one unified watchmaking industry." Among the unifying social structures of La Chaux-de-Fonds was the Loge L'Amitié, the Masonic lodge with its francophone moral, social, and philosophical ideas, including the symbolic iconography of the right angle (rectitude) and the compass (exactitude). Le Corbusier would later describe these as "my guide, my choice" and as his "time-honored ideas, ingrained and deep-rooted in the intellect, like entries from a catechism." Through exhaustive research that challenges long-held beliefs, J.K. Birksted's Le Corbusier and the Occult traces the structure of Le Corbusier's brand of modernist spatial and architectural ideas based on startling new documents in hitherto undiscovered family and local archives."--Publisher.
Download or read book Le Corbusier written by Niklas Maak and published by Hirmer Verlag GmbH. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mastermind behind what he termed beautiful and functional "machines for living," Le Corbusier has long been recognized as one of the foremost figures in the international style of architecture. Yet, beginning in the 1940s, the famed architect and urbanist increasingly took modernism in a new direction that has until now been insufficiently considered--and little understood. Dispensing with his trademark suit and bowtie, Le Corbusier was spending increasing amounts of time at the shore in the 1940s, collecting stones, shells, and other jetsam, and enjoying the works of the philosopher and ardent shell collector Paul Valéry. And it was here that the seemingly hyper-rational architect developed a revolutionary new theory of design, built around these polished and splintered shapes. Stating that nature was the source of his inspiration, Le Corbusier embarked on a meandering odyssey through the literature and esoteric writings of his day, going on to produce such unorthodox projects as Chandigarh's Palace of Assembly and the strange and beautiful Ronchamp Chapel in Paris, whose roof is said to have been modeled after an inverted crab's shell. The development of Le Corbusier's new approach not only changed modernism but also inspired--and continues to inspire--new shapes and lines in the work of a host of architects. In this superbly written and accessible piece of architectural history, Maak develops the intricate story of a breakthrough in architecture that began on a beach.
Book Synopsis Le Corbusier, the Noble Savage by : Adolf Max Vogt
Download or read book Le Corbusier, the Noble Savage written by Adolf Max Vogt and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vogt's investigation of LC's early life and education not only reveals important, previously unacknowledged influences on specific projects such as the League of Nations headquarters and the Villa Savoye, but also suggests why LC throughout his career preferred to lift buildings above the ground, to give them the appearance of "floating." This tendency had decisive consequences for buildings associated with the modern movement and continues to influence architecture today.
Book Synopsis Le Corbusier. The Villa Savoye by : Jacques Sbriglio
Download or read book Le Corbusier. The Villa Savoye written by Jacques Sbriglio and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its uncompromising and clear construction, theVilla Savoye, completed in 1931, establishedLe Corbusier s reputation as an undisputed masterof twentieth-century architecture. André Malraux placed it on the historic register in 1964. In this guide, historic documents and new photographs providean in-depth presentationboth to visitors to the site and to interested readers at home.
Book Synopsis Le Corbusier in America by : Mardges Bacon
Download or read book Le Corbusier in America written by Mardges Bacon and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of Le Corbusier's American tour, Mardges Bacon reconstructs his encounter with America in all its fascinating detail. It presents a critical history of the tour as well as a nuanced and intimate portrait of the architect.
Book Synopsis Toward an Architecture by : Le Corbusier
Download or read book Toward an Architecture written by Le Corbusier and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1923, Toward an Architecture had an immediate impact on architects throughout Europe and remains a foundational text for students and professionals. Le Corbusier urges readers to cease thinking of architecture as a matter of historical styles and instead open their eyes to the modern world. Simultaneously a historian, critic, and prophet, he provocatively juxtaposes views of classical Greece and Renaissance Rome with images of airplanes, cars, and ocean liners. Le Corbusier's slogans--such as "the house is a machine for living in"--and philosophy changed how his contemporaries saw the relationship between architecture, technology, and history. This edition includes a new translation of the original text, a scholarly introduction, and background notes that illuminate the text and illustrations.
Book Synopsis Le Corbusier – L'Unité d habitation de Marseille / The Unité d Habitation in Marseilles by : Jacques Sbriglio
Download or read book Le Corbusier – L'Unité d habitation de Marseille / The Unité d Habitation in Marseilles written by Jacques Sbriglio and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: the Unité in Marseille (1945-1952) was a pioneering achievement at a time when social housing in the post WWII years posed an immense problem. Freed from restrictive regulations for the first time Le Corbusier was able to put into practice his concept of modern social housing. A milestone of modern architecture and subject of controversial debate, the Unité in Marseille continues to attract numerous visitors and students of architecture. This volume is the latest addition to Birkhäuser's series of guides to Le Corbusier's most acclaimed buildings, and includes an additional chapter on his Unités in Rezé-les-Nantes, Briey en Forêt, Firminy and Berlin. The author, a practising architect and well known le Corbusier specialist, lives in Marseille and teaches at the Ecole d'architecture de Marseille-Luminy.
Book Synopsis Le Corbusier Public Architecture 80 Pub June 2021 by : Y. Fei
Download or read book Le Corbusier Public Architecture 80 Pub June 2021 written by Y. Fei and published by Artmedia (Acc). This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the process of redrawing the plans of a wide range of completed projects by Le Corbusier, this book offers a new interpretation of his architectural works. Redrawing all the technical drawings provides an insight into the thoughts of the architect when dealing with different building types with different functions and provides a fresh understanding of the morphological strategies. Containing 11 different types of public buildings completed by Le Corbusier, this book draws on 80 of his works, and includes drawings and 3D model spatial diagrams. When examined in the context of completion date, the reader is able to observe the continuity and transition of Le Corbusier's design ideas. By focusing on Le Corbusier and his influential architecture, the book provides a better understanding of the morphological basis of modernist architecture in the 20th century. 00Yu Fei specialised in Le Corbusier's designs during his studies at Peking University. Over the course of three years Yu Fei methodically researched and analysed the work of more than 80 public global architecture projects. He is currently studying for his PhD in Architecture at Waseda University, in Japan.
Book Synopsis Le Corbusier, the Dishonest Architect by : Malcolm Millais
Download or read book Le Corbusier, the Dishonest Architect written by Malcolm Millais and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not a book for architects, but for all those that have suffered, consciously and unconsciously, from modern architecture and have wondered how it came about. This was largely due to one man, an architect called Le Corbusier. For some he was a genius, but the truth is he was a sham, a fake, a charlatan whose only gift was for self-publicity. He was the most influential architect of the second half of the twentieth century; his influence overwhelmed the architectural profession on a global scale, who swallowed his publicity whole, and still hold him in awe. For the rest of the world, the mere mortals, his influence was disastrous, as traditional buildings were destroyed and replaced by featureless boxes of varying sizes, imposing a dreariness hitherto unimagined. As usual, it was the poor who suffered most as they were herded into tower-blocks. These were often grouped into estates that ringed many towns and cities, which then degenerated into high-rise slums with all the well-known attendant social problems. This book exposes the myths that surround Le Corbusier, detailing the endless failures of his proposals and his projects. These were due to his profound dishonesty, both as a person and as an architect. His legacy was an architectural profession that believed, and still believe, they were designing buildings based on logic, functionality and honesty whereas they were doing the opposite.
Book Synopsis Precisions on the Present State of Architecture and City Planning by : Le Corbusier
Download or read book Precisions on the Present State of Architecture and City Planning written by Le Corbusier and published by Park Publishing (WI). This book was released on 2015-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of his death (August 27, 2015), one of Le Corbusier's most significant books becomes available again in English. We are doing a reprint of MIT Press's first edition of 1991, which again is based on the original French version of 1930, with an introduction added by the author in 1960. While the MIT Press version had black-and-white illustrations throughout, Park Books' new edition features some of Le Corbusier's drawings in color as they were in the earlier French editions. A new essay by British scholar Tim Benton, written for this new edition, contextualizes the book within Le Corbusier's oeuvre and comments on its lasting significance. An also new appendix explains specialist terms and provides background information on persons and historic events no longer necessarily known to a younger generation of architects. The Precisions, as the book is known commonly, emerged from a spontaneous and exuberant series of 10 lectures Le Corbusier gave in Buenos Aires during the fall of 1929. As he spoke, Le Corbusier improvised drawings on large sheets of paper with crayons. While similar drawings appear in other works, here all the lectures and images appear in their original context as Le Corbusier assembled them more than 80 years ago. The texts reflect a new maturity in Le Corbusier's thinking and an extreme confidence in the development of his ideas. The drawings and lectures are unique in their eloquent and concise summary of his philosophy of architecture and urban design, stating the principles that informed his work from the 1920s on. They contain some of his most compelling aphorisms, both verbal and visual, covering technique as the basis of architecture, the human scale in design, furniture, the private house, apartments and office buildings, the city, the League of Nations competition, teaching architecture, and a splendid analysis of the transformation of his own work in houses from La Roche-Jeanneret to the Villa Savoye. [Based on MIT Press's copy for their 1991 edition]
Book Synopsis Le Corbusier: the Chapel at Ronchamp by : Danièle Pauly
Download or read book Le Corbusier: the Chapel at Ronchamp written by Danièle Pauly and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pilgrimage church Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp (1950–54), an icon of modern architecture, represents one of the central buildings of Le Corbusier’s late period. Like all the guides in this series, this book is indispensable both for a specialist audience and for tourists interested in architecture and modern art.
Book Synopsis Apartment Block 24 N. C. and LeCorbusier's Home by : Jacques Sbriglio
Download or read book Apartment Block 24 N. C. and LeCorbusier's Home written by Jacques Sbriglio and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1996 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation The residence at 24 rue Nungesser et Coli in Paris was built in 1931-34 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. It was precisely this building which gave exemplary expression to Le Corbusier's "Cinq points de l'architecture moderne."
Book Synopsis Journey to the East by : Le Corbusier
Download or read book Journey to the East written by Le Corbusier and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1987 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shares the influential architect's account of a 1911 trip through central and eastern Europe and includes sketches he made along the way.
