Tim Benton, a highly regarded Le Corbusier scholar, is Professor Emeritus in the history of art for the Open University, Milton Keynes, England.
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Le Corbusier Le Grand book
Back in print, the spectacular visual biography of the life and work of Le Corbusier, one of the twentieth centuryās most influential architects.
Almost two decades since its first publication, the bestselling and classic monograph Le Corbusier Le Grand is finally available again. 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 correspondence, charting the vast and varied output of Le Corbusier, an artist who continues to fascinate those inside and outside the architectural world.
The survey features an introductory essay by the esteemed architectural historian and Le Corbusier expert Jean-Louis Cohen, to whom this edition is dedicated, and chapter introductions by another leading Le Corbusier scholar, Tim Benton.///Description
āLe Corbusier arguably had more of an influence on the form of the modern world than any other architectā¦ You couldnāt make a book like this about just any architect. Beyond the architecture, it reveals a great deal about the man himselfā ā Guardian
About the authors
Jean-Louis CohenĀ (1949-2023) was widely regarded as Franceās most authoritative and knowledgeable historian of twentieth-century architecture and urbanism. From 1994 until his death, he was the Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at the Institute of Fine Arts of NYU University.
Jean-Louis CohenĀ (1949-2023) was widely regarded as Franceās most authoritative and knowledgeable historian of twentieth-century architecture and urbanism. From 1994 until his death, he was the Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at the Institute of Fine Arts of NYU University.
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Back in print, the spectacular visual biography of the life and work of Le Corbusier, one of the twentieth centuryās most influential architects.
Almost two decades since its first publication, the bestselling and classic monograph Le Corbusier Le Grand is finally available again. 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 correspondence, charting the vast and varied output of Le Corbusier, an artist who continues to fascinate those inside and outside the architectural world.
The survey features an introductory essay by the esteemed architectural historian and Le Corbusier expert Jean-Louis Cohen, to whom this edition is dedicated, and chapter introductions by another leading Le Corbusier scholar, Tim Benton.///Description
āLe Corbusier arguably had more of an influence on the form of the modern world than any other architectā¦ You couldnāt make a book like this about just any architect. Beyond the architecture, it reveals a great deal about the man himselfā ā Guardian
About the authors
Jean-Louis CohenĀ (1949-2023) was widely regarded as Franceās most authoritative and knowledgeable historian of twentieth-century architecture and urbanism. From 1994 until his death, he was the Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at the Institute of Fine Arts of NYU University.
Jean-Louis CohenĀ (1949-2023) was widely regarded as Franceās most authoritative and knowledgeable historian of twentieth-century architecture and urbanism. From 1994 until his death, he was 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.
