Le Corbusier
Subtitle: architect, painter, poet
By: Jean Jenger ; [translated from the French by Caroline Beamish].
Contributors: Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Series: Discoveries; Discoveries (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Le Corbusier, 1887-1965; Architects -- France -- Biography
Description: Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a pioneer of modern architecture. He focused his seemingly unlimited creative energy on diverse media and fields of endeavor: architecture, city planning, drawing, painting, sculpture, and tapestry design. Visit his revolutionary buildings and read about the controversies stirred up by this maverick's provocative works and pronouncements.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 154).
Includes index.