Main entry:

Tzonis, Alexander.

Title & Author:

Le Corbusier : the poetics of machine and metaphor / Alexander Tzonis.

Publication:

New York, NY : Universe, 2001.

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Notes:
Covers extend to form additional leaves.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-239).
Preface: Everything is Architecture -- To observe is to discover, to invent -- Forging the tools of an epoch -- Palaces, Seascrapers, Virgilian dreams -- Between the sum of errors and the dawn of renewal -- Huts, Bottleracks, and Liners -- Landscape Acoustics and Light Canons -- Drama out of stone -- Cartesian Structures -- Epilogue: Everything Returns to the Sea.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"The present monograph discusses Le Corbusier's oeuvre in a concise global manner in relation to the revolutionary developments of the century in which it was born. It shows how Le Corbusier worked within the context of new philosophical ideas; the avant-garde culture; the social, economic, and political movements; and new technology, achieving more than a delicate balance - a synthesis. But it demonstrates also that Le Corbusier was a creator who conceived, enticed, and shaped many of these developments. As well as being the architect of the twentieth century, Le Corbusier is a prototype of human creativity."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0789306344 (pbk.)
9780789306340 (pbk.)

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Criticism and interpretation.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Architecture.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Critique et interprétation.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architektur
Ästhetik

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 221354
Call No.: NA44.L433.9 T9 2001
Status: Available