Main entry:

Cohen, Jean-Louis.

Title & Author:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 : the lyricism of architecture in the machine age / Jean-Louis Cohen.

Publication:

Köln ; Los Angeles : Taschen, ©2004.

Description:

96 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Also published in French under title: Le Corbusier, 1887-1965, un lyrisme pour l'architecture de l'ere mecaniste.
Includes bibliographical references (page 96).
Fallet House -- Villa Jeanneret-Perret -- Villa Schwob -- Villa La Roche-Jeanneret -- Villa "Le Lac" -- Modern Frugès Quarter -- "L'Esprit nouveau" Pavilion -- Weissenhofsiedlung -- Villa Stein-de Monzie -- Villa Savoye -- Centrosoyus Building -- Cité de refuge -- Residential building at Porte Molitor -- Unité d'habitation -- "Le Cabanon" -- Church of Notre-Dame-du-Haut -- Jaoul Houses -- Shodhan House -- High Court -- Secretariate -- Assembly -- La Tourette -- Philips Pavilion -- National Museum of Western Art -- Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts -- Life and work.

Summary:

Le Corbusier came of age at the time when cars and planes were becoming a common means of transportation, thus he was one of the first professional architects to ply his trade on several continents at once. This book brings together his finest work.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

3822835358 (paperback)
9783822835357 (paperback)

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Criticism and interpretation.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Critique et interprétation.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Architects France Biography.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architects Biography.
Architectes Biographies.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architectes France Biographies.
Architects.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture 20th century.
France.

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 236031
Call No.: BIB 165875
Status: Available