Le Corbusier le grand. - 2 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 44 cm.

"This book was conceived and edited by Phaidon editors"--Half t.p. In slip case.

Includes bibliographical references ([v. 1.], p. 763) and index.

[v. 1]. Introductory essay / by Jean-Louis Cohen -- Chapter introductions / by Tim Benton -- Childhood and early travels (1887-1917) -- Becoming Le Corbusier (1917-1926) -- Urban visions and purist villas (1922-1936) -- In search of the big commission (1926-1942) -- Paris, Vichy, and the war (1937-1943) -- Grand projects on a human scale (1942-1952) -- Passage to India (1950-1962) -- The sacred and the sublime (1950-1959) -- Mediterranean days (1950-1959) -- Retrospection (1954-1965) -- Notes, chronology, selected bibliography, index -- [v. 2]. Documents : English translation and glossary.

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Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.


Architecture--France--20th century.

NA1053.J4 / L43 2008

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