Le Corbusier
Kenneth Frampton
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‘Scholarly and delightful . . . exquisitely crafted text is a masterpiece in itself . . .
should be essential reading for all present and future architectural students . . .
read, absorb, enjoy!’ | | – ASI Journal |
| ‘Frampton has been able to make sense of Le Corbusier’s life in a way that has eluded some other authors’ | | – The Times Higher Education Supplement |
Le Corbusier is probably the most famous architect of the 20th century. The richness and variety of his work and his passionately expressed philosophy of architecture have had a gigantic impact on the urban fabric and the way we live. Weaving through his long and prolific life are certain recurrent themes – his perennial drive towards new types of dwelling, from the early white villas to the Unité d’Habitation at Marseilles; his evolving concepts of urban form, including the Plan Voisin of 1925 with its cruciform towers imposed on the city of Paris and his work at Chandigarh in India; and his belief in a new technocratic order.
The distinguished critic and historian Kenneth Frampton re-examines all the facets of his artistic and philosophical world-view in light of recent thinking, and presents us with a Le Corbusier for the 21st century.
Also of interest:
Light, Air and Openness: Modern Architecture
Between the Wars |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500203415 | | ISBN-13 978-0500203415 | | | | 21.0 x 15.0 cm | | Paperback | | 240pp | | 191 illustrations | | First published 2001 | | | | £8.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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