Book

Le Corbusier le grand.

London ; New York : Phaidon, 2008.

2 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 43 cm

The 70 page booklet accompanying Le Corbusier : Le Grand contains a French/English glossary of architectural terms and translations of the foreign language documents.

Chapter 1. Childhood and early travels (1887-1917) -- Chapter 2. Becoming Le Corbusier (1917-1926) -- Chapter 3. Urban visions and purist villas (1922-1935) -- Chapter 4. In search of the big commission (1926-1942) -- Chapter 5. Paris, Vichy and the war (1937-1943) -- Chapter 6. Grand projects on a human scale (1942-1952) -- Chapter 7. Passage to India (1950-1962) -- Chapter 8. The sacred and the sublime (1950-1959) -- Chapter 9. Mediterranean days (1950-1959) -- Chapter 10. Retrospection (1954-1965).

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.

Architecture -- France -- 20th century.

Cohen, Jean-Louis.

Benton, Tim, 1945-

Phaidon Press.

"This book was conceived and edited by Phaidon editors"--Half title page.

In slip case.

Includes bibliographical references ([v. 1.], page 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.

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