Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) adopted his famous pseudonym after publishing his ideas in the review L'Esprit Nouveau in 1920. The few buildings he was able to design during the 1920s, when he also spent much of his time painting and writing, brought him to the forefront of[...]
This work is Taschen's 25th anniversary - special edition! It focuses on architectural poetry in the machine age. Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) adopted his famous pseudonym after publishing his ideas in the review "L'Esprit Nouveau" in 1920. The few buildings he was able t[...]
Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) adopted his famous pseudonym after publishing his ideas in the review L'Esprit Nouveau in 1920. The few buildings he was able to design during the 1920s, when he also spent much of his time painting and writing, brought him to the forefront of[...]
Le Corbusier, one of the world's most important and influential architects and accomplished visual artists, has also created a vast oeuvre of interior and furniture designs. The chaise-longue LC4, the armchair LC2 or the sling chair LC1, created in cooperation with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Per[...]
Le Corbusier (1887-1965) - visionary architect, urban planner and theorist of modernity, and also an accomplished painter and sculptor - made a profound impression on the 20th century in dramatically changing architectural design and the way people lived in it. This new book, coinciding with a major[...]
Le Corbusier (1887?1965) ist einer der bedeutendsten und einflussreichsten, aber wohl auch umstrittensten Architekten des 20. Jahrhunderts. In Berlin baute er von 1956?58 im Rahmen der Interbau seine nach Marseille und Nantes dritte derartige Wohnanlage als 17-geschossiges, auf Stützen stehendes Ho[...]
Text in English and German. If there is one building by Le Corbusier that represents a synthesis of his basic concepts it is certainly the Unite d'habitation built in Marseille in 1946-52. This built manifesto does not simply put forward a social model as a utopia, but also the unity of architecture[...]
Shodhan Villa er bygget i midten af 1950'erne, i den indiske storby Ahmedabad, i delstaten Gujarath. Fotografier af Villa Shodhan har kun sparsomt været vist i arkitekturmagasiner i årene kort efter opførelsen, men der er aldrig tidligere udgivet en bog om dette værk - den sidste bolig, som Le C[...]
Le Corbusierin (1887-1965) vuonna 1923 ilmestynyt teos Kohti uutta arkkitehtuuria aloittaa kustantamomme Avain arkkitehtuuriin -sarjan, jossa julkaistaan arkkitehtuurin klassikkotekstien käännöksiä sekä nykyarkkitehtuuria käsitteleviä puheenvuoroja.
Le Corbusier on yksi kuului[...]