Main entry:

Choay, Françoise, author.

Title & Author:

Le Corbusier / by Françoise Choay.

Publication:

New York, [NY] : George Braziller, Inc, 1960.

Description:

126 pages : illustrations, plates, portrait ; 26 cm.

Series:

The Masters of World Architecture Series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-114) and index.
[Table of Contents] -- Text -- 1. Architecture and Controversy: Biographical Notes -- 2. Rationalism and Mechanism -- 3. Man, Purpose and Form of Architecture -- 4. Poetry and Aesthetics -- The Marseille Block -- Notes to the Text -- Plates -- Selected Bibliography -- Chronology: Life and Works of Le Corbusier -- Summary: Main Events in Contemporary Architecture -- Sources of Illustrations -- Index.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"The Masters of World Architecture Series focuses on renowned architects. Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), founder of L'Espirit-Nouveau, the avant-garde magazine to which he contributed chiefly his ideas of town planning. His early work consisted mainly of individual villas, although his passionate interest was still city planning. His largest project to date is the city of Chandigarh, the new political capitol of Punjab, India. Over 80 pages of reproductions, including photographs and drawings." -- Amazon.

ISBN:

0807601047
9780807601044

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Criticism and interpretation.
Le Corbusier, (1887-1965)
Jeanneret-Gris, Charles Edouard, 1887-
Architects France 20th century.

Form/genre:

Books.
Biographies
History

Added entries:

Masters of world architecture series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 115102
Call No.: 8463; ID:85-B19007
Status: Available