Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms

Curtis, William J R

ISBN 10: 0714823872 / ISBN 13: 9780714823874

Published by Phaidon, Oxford, 1986

About this Item

240pp., Pictorial photographic dustjacket covered in removable protective clear plastic, blue cloth boards with gilt text to spine, light creases to frep., b/w frontis., col. & b/w plts. & illust., text ills., full page col. & b/w photos, plans, notes, bibliog., index. Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms is a major new work that breaks free from the narrow polemic of much recent writings on twentieth-century architecture. In defining Le Corbusier's achievement as a pioneer of modern design, it seeks to place him in a wider and older classical tradition. Size: Quarto.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms
• Publisher: Phaidon, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714823872
• ISBN 13: 9780714823874
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

Le Corbusier has been one of the dominant forces in 20th-century architecture, and many of the forms he created have become archetypes of modernism. This book provides a comprehensive survey that puts Le Corbusier's career into a more balanced perspective.

About the Author

Curtis is Historian and critic who has taught at numerous universities around the world and who has contributed to many international journals. In 1999 he received a National Honor Society Gold Medal for Architecture and Allied Arts in the USA.