Name: Le Corbusier
SKU: 56296135
Price: 22.42 EUR
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Author: Kenneth Frampton
ISBN: 9780500204887

Type

Physical Book

Author

Kenneth Frampton

Publisher

Thames and Hudson

Language

English

Pages

278

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780500204887

Edition No.

0002

Synopsis "Le Corbusier"

Le Corbusier is one of the most famous architects of the twentieth century. The richness and variety of his work combined with his passionately expressed philosophy of architecture have had an immense impact on the urban fabric and the way we live. Weaving through his long and prolific life are certain recurrent themes--his perennial drive toward new types of dwelling, such as the early white villas to the Unité d'Habitation at Marseilles; his evolving concepts of urban form, including the Plan Voisin of 1925 with its cruciform towers imposed on the city of Paris and his work at Chandigarh in India; and his belief in a new technocratic order.The distinguished critic and architecture historian Kenneth Frampton reexamines all facets of the architect's artistic and philosophical worldview in light of recent thinking and presents us with a Le Corbusier whose work is still relevant for the twenty-first century. This second edition of Le Corbusier features a new introduction and color illustrations.

Kenneth Frampton

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Kenneth Frampton (1930) studied architecture at the Architectural Association in London and has been a professor at universities around the world. Author of numerous books and essays on the history and theory of architecture, among them is his famous Critical History of Modern Architecture (1980), as well as his more recent Studies on Tectonic Culture (1995) and the collection of essays Labour, Work and Architecture (2002). In 2018, he was awarded for his professional career with the Golden Lion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale.

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