Download or read book Le Corbusier written by Nicholas Fox Weber and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2008-11-11 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed biographer and cultural historian, author of Balthus and Patron Saints—the first full-scale life of le Corbusier, one of the most influential, admired, and maligned architects of the twentieth century, heralded is a prophet in his lifetime, revered as a god after his death. He was a leader of the modernist movement that sought to create better living conditions and a better society through housing concepts. He predicted the city of the future with its large, white apartment buildings in parklike settings—a move away from the turn-of-the-century industrial city, which he saw as too fussy and suffocating and believed should be torn down, including most of Paris. Irascible and caustic, tender and enthusiastic, more than a mercurial innovator, Le Corbusier was considered to be the very conscience of modern architecture. In this first biography of the man, Nicholas Fox Weber writes about Le Corbusier the precise, mathematical, practical-minded artist whose idealism—vibrant, poetic, imaginative; discipline; and sensualism were reflected in his iconic designs and pioneering theories of architecture and urban planning. Weber writes about Le Corbusier’s training; his coming to live and work in Paris; the ties he formed with Nehru . . . Brassaï . . . Malraux (he championed Le Corbusier’s work and commissioned a major new museum for art to be built on the outskirts of Paris) . . . Einstein . . . Matisse . . . the Steins . . . Picasso . . . Walter Gropius, and others. We see how Le Corbusier, who appreciated goverments only for the possibility of obtaining architectural commissions, was drawn to the new Soviet Union and extolled the merits of communism (he never joined the party); and in 1928, as the possible architect of a major new building, went to Moscow, where he was hailed by Trotsky and was received at the Kremlin. Le Corbusier praised the ideas of Mussolini and worked for two years under the Vichy government, hoping to oversee new construction and urbanism throughout France. Le Corbusier believed that Hitler and Vichy rule would bring about “a marvelous transformation of society,” then renounced the doomed regime and went to work for Charles de Gaulle and his provisional government. Weber writes about Le Corbusier’s fraught relationships with women (he remained celibate until the age of twenty-four and then often went to prostitutes); about his twenty-seven-year-long marriage to a woman who had no interest in architecture and forbade it being discussed at the dinner table; about his numerous love affairs during his marriage, including his shipboard romance with the twenty-three-year-old Josephine Baker, already a legend in Paris, whom he saw as a “pure and guileless soul.” She saw him as “irresistibly funny.” “What a shame you’re an architect!” she wrote. “You’d have made such a good partner!” A brilliant revelation of this single-minded, elusive genius, of his extraordinary achivements and the age in which he lived.
Download or read book Le Corbusier villa le lac Corseaux Vevey written by François Vaudou and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyse: La Villa Le Lac, conçue par Le Corbusier et Pierre Jeanneret, a été construite en 1923 et classée monument historique le 22 juin 1962.
Download or read book Le Corbusier 1887 1965 written by Jean-Louis Cohen and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2004 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Une petite maison 1923 written by Le Corbusier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-29 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dieses Buch erzählt die Geschichte des kleinen Hauses, das Le Corbusier im Jahre 1923 bei Vevey am Genfersee für seine Mutter gebaut hat. Alle Texte sowie die gesamte grafische Gestaltung stammen von Le Corbusier.
Download or read book The Le Corbusier Guide written by Deborah Gans and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A picture may be worth a thousand words but there is no real substitute for personal experience and anyone who has visited Le Corbusier knows just how true this is. This architectural guide tells you everything you need to know to get to his buildings including maps, directions, and visitor information.
Download or read book Le Corbusier Les Villas La Roche Jeanneret The Villas La Roche Jeanneret written by Jacques Sbriglio and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: le Corbusier: "La Roche, when one owns such a splendid art collection as yours, one must construct a house that does it honour." - La Roche: "Very well then, build this house for me." This was the genesis of the Villa La Roche (1923-1925), a brilliant synthesis of residence and private gallery, as recounted by the Swiss banker and collector of Cubist art, Raoul la Roche. The developmental leap which Le Corbusier made in his architecture and the liberty of expression in his use of colour, light and spatial organisation which he discovered during the final stages of this project inaugurated his rise to one of the giants of 20th century architecture. This guide leads the reader through both the Villa La Roche and the attached Villa Jeanneret, which houses the Fondation Le Corbusier.
Download or read book Switzerland Without a Car written by Anthony Lambert and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2009 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Switzerland is one of those countries where everything works—and this extends to its transport system whose trains, buses and boats purr in seamless harmony. This guide, fully updated to include the latest route information, including the recent opening of the Lotschberg base tunnel, provides everything a traveller needs to negotiate both the famous landmarks and little-known secrets of this compact country. It describes every railway line, reveals what there is to see from each station, and details the connecting journeys by steamer, postbus, funicular, cableway, bicycle and on foot.
Download or read book Illuminating written by Michelle Corrodi and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The image of open working and living spaces flooded with light has, more than any other, become fixed in our minds as a symbol of modernity and the spirit of the times. While the workplace has always been the focus of ergonomic studies and optimization with respect to a good provision of daylight, large glass surfaces have now become the order of the day for living spaces as well. But does this automatically make for better illumination? Taking this question as its starting point, the publication Illuminating thematizes central aspects of light planning, including the connection between the provision of daylight and architectural design, building orientation, the nature of the facade, the ground plan, comfort, and the proportions and atmosphere of rooms. In the process, general characteristics and fundamental principles as well as subtle facets of an intelligent treatment of daylight are discussed and critically examined within an expanded architecture- and culture-historical context.
Download or read book The Pool Group and the Quest for Anthropological Universality written by Betsy van Schlun and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anglia Book Series (ANGB) offers a selection of high quality work on all areas and aspects of English philology. It publishes book-length studies and essay collections on English language and linguistics, on English and American literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, on the new English literatures, as well as on general and comparative literary studies, including aspects of cultural and literary theory.
Download or read book Welcome to the Swiss Riviera Canton of Vaud written by Valeria Coloiera Harlay and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a helpful guide for individuals and families, expatriates and locals, to understand the local environment and customs, find friends and make contacts, explore Switzerland's plentiful delights, and love the Swiss Riviera area. It contains an exhaustive explanation of all the administrative issues you have to confront when coming to live in the area. All the essential "most be done" tasks have been listed. Instructions, addresses, contacts, helpful resources as well as useful tips, are outlined to make things easier for newcomers. The most practical daily life topics, like shopping resources, leisure and sportive associations, leisure activities, touristic spots, where to go and how to enjoy the area, and steps to become a Swiss national, are listed. As well as Swiss culture topics that anyone living in the Swiss Riviera area must know, even more if you aspire to get immerse yourself into Swiss culture and lifestyle.
Download or read book Le Corbusier written by Le Corbusier and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le Corbusier is regarded as the most influential architect of the twentieth century. This publication presents an overview of the Le Corbusier;s work not only as an architect but as a designer of comprehensive ideas offeringinsight into his firniture, interior design and art as a catalyst for the creative developments of his time.
Download or read book Fodor s Switzerland written by Andrea Lehman and published by Fodor's. This book was released on 2005 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explicates Swiss history and traditions and offers helpful hints on shopping, sports activities, and tourist accommodations in Lichtenstein as well as Switzerland
Download or read book Lonely Planet Switzerland written by Lonely Planet and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Switzerland written by Anthony J. Lambert and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2005 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide is an excellent planning tool providing all the necessary tips to make travelers lives easier It allows readers to plan an individual route taking in Alpine scenery enchanting chateaux and outstanding churches
Download or read book Casas refugio written by Gustau Gili Galfetti and published by Editorial Gustavo Gili. This book was released on 1995 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro recopila una coleccion de casas del siglo XX que por su pequenas dimensiones se han venido calificando como casas minimas. Este termino engloba casas (o bungalows, cabinas, refugios, ...) de superficie reducida, programa sencillo, sistemas constructivos elementales, materiales basicos y presupuesto modesto, pero resuelto con grandes dosis de ingenio y sensibilidad. Esta edicion profusamente ilustrada contiene una seleccion de obras y proyectos que van desde los anos 20 hasta nuestros dias de los grandes arquitectos de nuestro siglo (Schindler, Le Corbusier, Oud, Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, ...), junto con arquitectos contemporaneos de reconocido prestigio como Herzog & de Meuron, Norman Foster, Philip Johnson, Souto de Moura, Toyo Ito o Sverre Fehn.
Download or read book Living in Vaud written by Valeria C. Harlay and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a helpful guide for individuals and families, expatriates and locals, to get immerse into local culture and lifestyle, settle, find friends, explore Vaud's plentiful delights, integrate, and enjoy living in this beautiful area. Instructions, addresses, resources, daily life tips, Swiss culture insights, and many more useful information collected during years, to make things easier for you when arriving, living, or leaving the Canton of Vaud.
Download or read book The Modernist Garden in France written by Dorothée Imbert and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modernist garden, which flourished in France between the 1910s and the 1930s, vividly mirrored the geometries and cubist aesthetics familiar to the decorative and fine arts of the period. Created by architects and artists, these gardens were often conceived as tableaux in which plants played a role only as pigment or texture. This handsomely illustrated book by Dorothée Imbert presents for the first time - in word and image - a comprehensive study of these arresting architectonic gardens.
