Le Corbusier; Ideas and Forms

History of Corbusier's creative life

Le Corbusier; Ideas and Forms is well written in a style that is easily understandable. Ideas and Forms is direct and to the point, no intellectual abstactions or highly theoretical tangents. It is the thorough and inspiring history of Corbusier's creative life from beginning to end.

Formative years

Preface
Introduction: Notes on Invention
Part I The Formative Years of Charles Edouard Jeanneret 1887–1922
The Home Base
In Search of Personal Principles
A Classicism for the Jura
Paris, Purism and ‘L’Esprit Nouveau’

Architectural ideals and social realities

Part II Architectural Ideals and Social Realities 1922–1944
Defining Types for the New Industrial City
Houses, Studios and Villas
Machine-Age Palaces and Public Institutions
Villa Savoye, Cité de Refuge, Pavillon Suisse
Regionalism and Reassessment in the 1930s
Politics, Urbanism and Travels 1929–1944

Late Works of Le Corbusier

Part III The Ancient Sense: Late Works 1945–1965
The Modular, Marseilles and the Mediterranean Myth
Sacral Forms, Ancient Associations
Le Corbusier in India: The Symbolism of Chandigarh
The Merchants of Ahmedabad
Retrospection and Invention: Final Projects

Principles and transformations

Conclusion Le Corbusier: Principles and Transformations
Bibliography and Notes
Index

Le Corbusier; Ideas and Forms

Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc
ISBN: 0714827908

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