A spectacular visual biography of the life and work of Le Corbusier – one of the twentieth century's most influential architects
A decade after its first publication, the bestselling monograph Le Corbusier Le Grand is finally available in a new paperback edition. Documenting the life and work of one of the giants of twentieth-century architecture and design, the book presents an array of sketches, photographs, and correspondences, charting the vast and varied output of Le Corbusier, an artist who continues to fascinate those inside and outside the architectural world.
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'The man who designed the 20th century - [ Le Corbusier] arguably had more of an influence on the form of the modern world than any other architect... You couldn't make a book like this about just any architect. Beyond the architecture, reveals a great deal about the man himself. It all points to a life lived enviably fully.' Guardian
'Formidable and wide-ranging ... Le Corbusier Le Grand is a feast ... Every page is dense with ideas... A source book for the modern world.' Jonathan Meades, New Statesman
'The impact of all the illustrations is undoubtedly fascinating a real joy [ ...] to browse through conveys the experience of a day at a really well organised archive.' Building Design
'As visually arresting as it is thought-provoking ... An archival achievement of the highest order... Essential reading for those with even a fleeting interest in modernist architecture.' The Essential Journal
Jean-Louis Cohen is undoubtedly France's most authoritative and knowledgeable historian of twentieth-century architecture and urbanism. He divides his time between Paris and New York, where he is the Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at the Institute of Fine Arts of NYU University.
Tim Benton, a highly regarded Le Corbusier scholar, is Professor Emeritus in the history of art for the Open University, Milton Keynes, England.
