Hardcover, 21 x 26 cm, 0.61 kg, 96 pages
Edition: English
Modern Living
Le Corbusier: Architect of the Future
Le Corbusier 's building projects evolved over the years from early houses in the traditional Swiss style, through dazzling white purist villas, to dynamic syntheses of art and architecture, such as those found in the chapel of Ronchamp and the administrative buildings in India Chandigarh come into play. His ability to... runs through his entire work. functionalist approaches with strong expressionism to connect. And the social aspect of urban planning was also Le Corbusier importantly, he was a founding member of the Congrès international d'architecture moderne (CIAM), which defined "architecture as a social art".
This volume presents some of Le Corbusier 's most distinctive projects and presents an architect, thinker and pioneer of modernism who will continue to inspire future generations even through his unrealized designs.
The author
Jean-Louis Cohen (1949–2023) was commissioned in 1997 by the French Minister of Culture to design the Cité de l'architecture, an ambitious architecture museum, in a wing of the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. His research encompassed 20th-century architecture and urban planning. Cohen studied architecture, focusing on Germany and the Soviet era, and engaged intensively with the work of Le Corbusier and the history of Parisian urban planning. He was a professor of architectural history, author of numerous architecture books, and curator of exhibitions on the subject.
The publisher
Hardcover, 21 x 26 cm, 0.61 kg, 96 pages
Edition: English
Modern Living
Le Corbusier: Architect of the Future
Le Corbusier 's building projects evolved over the years from early houses in the traditional Swiss style, through dazzling white purist villas, to dynamic syntheses of art and architecture, such as those found in the chapel of Ronchamp and the administrative buildings in India Chandigarh come into play. His ability to... runs through his entire work. functionalist approaches with strong expressionism to connect. And the social aspect of urban planning was also Le Corbusier importantly, he was a founding member of the Congrès international d'architecture moderne (CIAM), which defined "architecture as a social art".
This volume presents some of Le Corbusier 's most distinctive projects and presents an architect, thinker and pioneer of modernism who will continue to inspire future generations even through his unrealized designs.
The author
Jean-Louis Cohen (1949–2023) was commissioned in 1997 by the French Minister of Culture to design the Cité de l'architecture, an ambitious architecture museum, in a wing of the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. His research encompassed 20th-century architecture and urban planning. Cohen studied architecture, focusing on Germany and the Soviet era, and engaged intensively with the work of Le Corbusier and the history of Parisian urban planning. He was a professor of architectural history, author of numerous architecture books, and curator of exhibitions on the subject.
The publisher
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