Le Corbusier: Architect of the Twentieth Century

By Roberto Schezen and Kenneth Frampton

Widely regarded as the greatest architect of the 20th century, the Swiss-born Le Corbusier (1887-1965) left an indelible mark on modern building design and city planning. Here is an authoritative exploration of Le Corbusier's greatest buildings.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810934949
• ISBN13: 9780810934948
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 11.3" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

16 selected projects in 98 illustrations

ISBN: 0671206923 and ISBN: 0500580049 ONLY! This mostly black & white - and comprising almost exclusively of 98 illustrations - survey of 16 major works from 1929 to 1964 on only 136 pages hardcover 10.25" x 8" (26 cm x 20 cm) was published in English in 1970 by Simon & Schuster in US (Thames & Huston, London in Masters of Modern Architecture series) following the first edition in Japan in 1967 by Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, Tokyo. An introductory part on 12 pages by Martin Pawley is followed by 98 pages with photos, hard line plans and sections. At the end of book, on several pages, there are a list of works, biographical notes, and a bibliography. Of 98 illustrations 75 are photos - 64 in B & W and 11 in color of an excellent quality, well balanced, crisp and legible by Yukio Futagawa. Like all from the Library of Contemporary Architects/Masters of MODERN Architecture series, it is very good among architectural monographs, and superior to the Masters of WORLD Architecture/Makers of Contemporary Architecture series (ISBN: 08076*), or Studio Paperback series published by Birkhauser Verlag under ISBN: 37643* (Basel)/08176* (Boston) or Artemis Verlag under ISBN: 37608* (Zurich)/18740* (London). CONTENTS: Introduction 7 The Plates 21 Notes on the plates 123 Chronological list: projects and events 131 Select bibliography 133 Index 135