Exploring how Le Corbusier came to create the groundbreaking ideas, buildings and designs that changed the course of 20th-century architecture, this book presents his oeuvre in relation to the revolutionary global developments of the 20th century. Not since Palladio had anyone exercised such immense influence on architectural practice. Through buildings, urban projects, paintings, sculptures, drawings, furniture designs and publications, Le Corbusier developed a unique poetics of machine and metaphor, revolutionizing the way people see, use and make architecture.
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Alexander Tzonis holds the Chair in Architectural Theory and Design Methods at the University of Technology of Delft and is Director of DKS (Design Knowledge Systems). Among his numerous publications is Santiago Calatrava: The Poetics of Movement, another volume in Thames & Hudson's Architecture Series.
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 239 pages. This monograph discusses 'Le Corbusier?s' oeuvre in relation to the revolution ary developments of the century in which it was born. It shows how he worked wit hin the context of new philosophical ideas; avant garde culture; social, economi c and political movements; and new technology. But it also demonstrates that he was a creator who conceived, enticed and shaped many of these developments. As w ell as being the architect of the twentieth century, Le Corbusier was a prototyp e of human creativity. N° de réf. du vendeur 5393v
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