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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant book
This book really gives you an insight into one of Architecture's greats. I bought it to get a general idea of Corb's work, not because it fascinated me, but, as an architecture graduate, because I thought I should. This book opened Corb's work to me. It gives a chronological view of the man's life and work. It features great photos and drawings of his most...
Published on March 27, 2008 by Trent Sneddon
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A bit chaotic, poor photos, few bldg plans & sections
The book is a bit chaotic blend of many aspects and circumstances from different periods poorly supported by a few hard line building plans and sections mixed with photos sometimes casual, mostly in black & white, often not very informative close-ups. Many significant designes are not included or scantly depicted. The illustrative part does not match the textual...
Published 20 months ago by Eugene Tenenbaum
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A bit chaotic, poor photos, few bldg plans & sections,
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This review is from: Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms (Paperback)
The book is a bit chaotic blend of many aspects and circumstances from different periods poorly supported by a few hard line building plans and sections mixed with photos sometimes casual, mostly in black & white, often not very informative close-ups. Many significant designes are not included or scantly depicted. The illustrative part does not match the textual.
CONTENTS PREFACE 7 INTRODUCTION Notes on Invention 11 PART I THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF CHARLES EDOUARD JEANNERET 1887-1922 1 The Home Base 16 2 In Search of Personal Principles 26 3 A Classicism for the Jura 37 4 Paris, Purism and `L'Esprit Nouveau' 48 PART II ARCHITECTURAL IDEALS AND SOCIAL REALITIES 1922-1944 5 Defining Types for the New Industrial City 60 6 Houses, Studios and Villas 71 7 Machine-Age Palaces and Public Institutions 85 8 Villa Savoye, Cite de Refuge, Pavilion Suisse 93 9 Regionalism and Reassessment in the 1930s 108 10 Politics, Urbanism and Travels 1929-1944 118 PART III THE ANCIENT SENSE: LATE WORKS 1945-1965 11 The Modulor, Marseilles and the Mediterranean Myth 162 12 Sacral Forms, Ancient Associations 175 13 Le Corbusier in India: The Symbolism of Chandigarh 188 14 The Merchants of Ahmedabad 202 15 Retrospection and Invention: Final Projects 213 CONCLUSION Le Corbusier: Principles and Transformations 223 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES 230 INDEX 237
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant book,
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This review is from: Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms (Paperback)
This book really gives you an insight into one of Architecture's greats. I bought it to get a general idea of Corb's work, not because it fascinated me, but, as an architecture graduate, because I thought I should. This book opened Corb's work to me.
It gives a chronological view of the man's life and work. It features great photos and drawings of his most important works, and some of his less well known ones too. The writing is done so well, giving an insight into Corb's theories and explaining how and why each project came about. I'd definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in architecture who wants to know a bit more about the history of 20th century design, and the impact that Le Corbusier had. |
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Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms by William J. R. Curtis (Hardcover - November 15, 1986)
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