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Le Corbusier, an analysis of form /

By: Baker, Geoffrey H. (Geoffrey Howard).
Publisher: New York : London : Van Nostrand Reinhold ; E and F. Spon, c1996Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xiv, 385 p. : ill. ; 22 x 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0419161201; 9780419161202:; 9780419161202; 0442024320; 9780442024321.Subject(s): Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation | Architects -- Switzerland | Architecture, Swiss | Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- SwitzerlandDDC classification: 720.924
Partial contents:
Introduction : aspects of form -- Charles-Edouard Jeanneret : the formative years. La Chaux-de-Fonds ; The art school ; John Ruskin ; Villa Fallet, 1905-06 ; Villas Stotzer and Jaquemet, 1908 ; Benign Jaquemet ; Ateliers d'art, 1910 ; Charterhouse at Galluzzo ; Provensal and Schuré -- The years of transition, 1912-17. Villa Jeanneret-Perret, 1912 ; Villa Favre-Jacot, 1912 ; Villa Schwob, 1916 ; Abattoirs Bordeaux and Challuy, 1917 -- The heroic decade, 1920-30 : the first mature period. Maison Citrohan, 1920-27 ; Ville Contemporaine, 1922 ; Villa at Vaucresson, 1922 ; Studio apartment for Ozenfant, 1922 ; Villas La Roche-Jeanneret, 1923-25 ; Houses for workers, 1924 ; Villa Stein-de-Monzie, 1926-29 ; Villa Savoye, 1929-31 ; Pavillon Suisse, 1930-32 -- The post-war phase. The Jaoul houses, 1954-56 ; Notre-Dame-du-Haut Ronchamp, 1950-55 ; The Monastery of La Tourette, 1957-60 ; Le Thoronet ; The Villa Shodhan, 1955-56 ; Le Corbusier and India -- Articulation systems. In Le Corbusier's oeuvre ; Weekend house, 1935 ; Brise soleil ; Exhibition Pavilion, Zurich, 1967 ; Buildings by Le Corbusier in and around Paris.
Summary: The famous Swiss architect's major works, covered previously in The Creative Search, are expanded to include the Villa Shodan and the Pavilion Suisse. This 3rd edition by Geoffrey Baker rounds out the coverage of Le Corbusier's significant works.
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Introduction : aspects of form -- Charles-Edouard Jeanneret : the formative years. La Chaux-de-Fonds ; The art school ; John Ruskin ; Villa Fallet, 1905-06 ; Villas Stotzer and Jaquemet, 1908 ; Benign Jaquemet ; Ateliers d'art, 1910 ; Charterhouse at Galluzzo ; Provensal and Schuré -- The years of transition, 1912-17. Villa Jeanneret-Perret, 1912 ; Villa Favre-Jacot, 1912 ; Villa Schwob, 1916 ; Abattoirs Bordeaux and Challuy, 1917 -- The heroic decade, 1920-30 : the first mature period. Maison Citrohan, 1920-27 ; Ville Contemporaine, 1922 ; Villa at Vaucresson, 1922 ; Studio apartment for Ozenfant, 1922 ; Villas La Roche-Jeanneret, 1923-25 ; Houses for workers, 1924 ; Villa Stein-de-Monzie, 1926-29 ; Villa Savoye, 1929-31 ; Pavillon Suisse, 1930-32 -- The post-war phase. The Jaoul houses, 1954-56 ; Notre-Dame-du-Haut Ronchamp, 1950-55 ; The Monastery of La Tourette, 1957-60 ; Le Thoronet ; The Villa Shodhan, 1955-56 ; Le Corbusier and India -- Articulation systems. In Le Corbusier's oeuvre ; Weekend house, 1935 ; Brise soleil ; Exhibition Pavilion, Zurich, 1967 ; Buildings by Le Corbusier in and around Paris.

The famous Swiss architect's major works, covered previously in The Creative Search, are expanded to include the Villa Shodan and the Pavilion Suisse. This 3rd edition by Geoffrey Baker rounds out the coverage of Le Corbusier's significant works.

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