Main entry:

Bacon, Mardges.

Title & Author:

Le Corbusier in America : travels in the land of the timid / Mardges Bacon.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001.

Description:

xvii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Le Corbusier and Transatlantic exchange -- Part I. Public performance -- 2. Le Corbusier takes New York -- 3. The American lectures -- 4. Le Corbusier takes America -- Part II. The search for authorities and commissions -- 5. The enchanted catastrophe -- 6. Housing and the public sector -- 7. The private sector -- Part III. The Transatlantic misunderstanding -- 8. Le Corbusier's reaction to the "country of timid people" -- 9. The "country of timid people" responds -- Part IV. Epilogue -- 10. The consequences of Transatlantic exchange -- Appendixes: -- A. Itinerary of Le Corbusier's 1935 American lecture tour -- B. Itinerary of the traveling exhibit "Recent work of Le Corbusier" -- C. Le Corbusier's statement for the press, November 19, 1935.

Summary:

"In this first major study of Le Corbusier's American tour, Mardges Bacon reconstructs his encounter with America in all its fascinating detail. Through extensive archival research and interviews, she presents a critical history of the tour as well as a nuanced and intimate portrait of the architect. Drawing on the methods of microhistory, she also considers how small ordinary events affect larger biographical, architectual, and cultural developments."
"Bacon notes that Le Corbusier's dialogue with America was drafted within a spirited European discourse on americanisme. She contends that the trip validated his concept of a "second machine age" that would unite standardized industrial methods with a new humanism. Le Corbusier's subsequent work, she suggests, reflected an "Americanization," evidenced by the introduction of tension structures and the textured skyscraper conceived as an integrated system with functions articulated. She also defines Le Corbusier's role in the debate over New York City high-rise public housing." "Appearing here in print for the first time are color reproductions of the pastel drawing that illustrated Le Corbusier's American lectures."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0262024799 (hc. ; alk. paper)
9780262024792 (hc. ; alk. paper)
0262523426
9780262523424

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Travel United States.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Influence.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Voyages États-Unis.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Le Corbusier 1887-1965
LeCorbusier Reise USA.
LeCorbusier Rezeption Architektur USA.
Architecture American influences.
Architecture United States Influence.
Architecture États-Unis Influence.
Architecture Influence
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Travel
Reizen.
Opdrachten (algemeen)
Bouwprojecten.
Architects France 20th century.
Reise LeCorbusier USA.
Architektur USA Rezeption LeCorbusier.
United States
USA
USA LeCorbusier Reise.
USA Architektur Rezeption LeCorbusier.

Form/genre:

Reisebericht.
Quotations (texts)
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 218255
Call No.: NA44.L433.9 B34 2001
Status: Available