Le Corbusier

From the Publisher Compact overviews of the world's greatest architects TASCHEN'S Basic Architecture Series Basic Architecture features: • Each title contains approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, and floor plans • Introductory essays explore the architect’s life and work, touching on family and background as well as collaborations with other architects • The body presents the most important works in chronological order, with descriptions of client and/or architect wishes, construction problems (why some projects were never executed), and resolutions • The appendix includes a list of complete or selected works, biography, bibliography and a map indicating the locations of the architect’s most famous buildings

For TASCHEN he published monographs on Julius Shulman, R.M. . In 1997, the French Minister of Culture appointed Jean-Louis Cohen to create the Cité de l'architecturea museum, research, and exhibition center in Paris's Palais de Chaillot. Cohen's research has focused principally on 20th-century architecture and urban planning, and his studies on German and Soviet architectural cultures. The author and curator of numerous books and exhibitions on architecture, he is an internatio

A hallmark throughout was his ability to combine functionalist aspirations with a strong sense of expressionism, as well as a broader and empathetic understanding of urban planning, being a founding member of the Congrès international d'architecture moderne (CIAM), which championed “architecture as a social art.”This book presents some of Le Corbusier's landmark projects to introduce an architect, thinker, and modern pioneer who, even in his unrealised projects, offered discussion and inspiration for generatio

A great book. A great book with great photos of the work of an architectural genius. Le Corbusier has influenced and inspired architects all over the world.. Le Corbusier (Taschen Basic Architecture) Great architects come and go. However their works remain for us to enjoy and critique. This book has allowed me to better understand Le Corbusier's style and motivation. Well written, well documented and well photographed examples of his work. Another book to add to my collection of great arc. Four Stars Great resource.