WILLIAM J R CURTIS IRR alee Beh em @PHAIDON|LE CORBUSIER IDEAS AND FORMS ROLL ary Ce eee eee eed ere ees dominant forces in twentieth-century architecture, ae eee ee eas pee enter enn ea eee ees visionary and a writer of polemics, whose ideas er eon Ree ee eee eee ene ee eee comprehensive and unbiased survey that puts eee eee eee Ce ee eee cee author documents individual projects in detail, Se eee ad to his philosophy of life, to his urban visions, to his art and to the cultural predicaments of his times. Pee eee en cons abstraction and synthesis, showing how he created potent architectural vocabulary based on a limited range of types and elements, and how he used i to Peer ete cee ne Close study of all Le Corbusier's major buildings, ee ee ee eae ee Ces practical and to give institutions and ideologies Bees ea eee eee inspiration in nature and in architectural tradition. William J R Curtis studied at the Courtauld Insti- tute of Art, London, and Harvard University, and hhas taught the history of architecture and theories ee ee) States, Australia and Asia. His books include enn rent ee) ee Rey ‘Modern Architecture since 1900 was first published Sa ee Cm He received the Founder's Award of the Society Peete a he was the recipient of both the critics’ award of the Comité Internationale des Critiques d’Archi and the CICA award for best article of archit criticism world-wide in the period 1982-85. His ‘monograph Balkrishna Doshi: an Architecture for eee ae ee Crees eeeLE CORBUSIER: IDEAS AND FORMS William J R CurtisCONTENTS, 15 Reeser Fit CEB ea FatsPREFACE See —aINTRODUCTION Notes on Inventionacme,PART | THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF CHARLES EDOUARD JEANNERET 1887-1922Chapter 1 The Home BaseSaaroper? In Search of Personal PrinciplesHe Heper A Classicism for the JuraAD ae wiihhope 4 Paris, Purism and ‘L'Esprit Nouveau’SESS. kssansee = Sooea S68 sco~PART II ARCHITECTURAL IDEALS AND SOCIAL REALITIES 1922-1944Choper Defining Types for the New Industrial Cityeee SESE Sesreatngaettocey sen ERE HPICopter 6 Houses, Studios and Villas=e. soe,eeoeoees Hu HEE foe SeSaree aadoper? Machine-Age Palaces and Public InstitutionsSoe Sasal He batt ee Fee a eo oe ae un enChapter 8 Villa Savoye, Cité de Refuge, Pavillon Suisse.i Seems:See. Eeechapter 9 Regionalism and Reassessment in the 1930sCopter 10 Politics, Urbanism and Travels 1929 — 1944See SWAVENTR, preo theh eoif Ht Hi [Eaait rt rz iua hitVt ht | ee BESEERas PH eeRsctarepcoreanePART Il THE ANCIENT SENSE: LATE WORKS 1945-1965Choper 11 The Modulor, Marseilles and the Mediterranean MythfreeeCopter 12 Sacral Forms, Ancient AssociationsSeer meee oases Se.ft 7 a i i 1 3 Soe Ge GEER i He # u Ht 2 a aa soe a ee ‘Sa Er rc aa,Ny fH i A 4 al aeChopter 13 Le Corbusier in India: The Symbolism of ChandigarhHt oe & Soo7chops 14 The Merchants of AhmedabadSs ass =iChopter 15 Retrospection and Invention: Final Projects os A EEHESEL uaeES EEeee ees” pomescemene Eeeeemoe SeerSaar SS eee ioe pe eceateCONCLUSION Le Corbusier: Principles and TransformationsGHPom eensagg cor nate rat Sepoecseneee EeeCe Pe ENE nL oat IE} Seay ree ere en eee red et eee eee cee ered a clear, sympathetic and balanced overview of the Pre ane eee eee the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain in 1984, for making ‘an outstanding contribution to the study and knowledge of architectural history’, reece) “Modern Architecture since 1900 ... may very well be the best survey of any field in the history of architecture written since the prime of Nikolaus Pevsner and Se ae nee ee “The scope of the book is breathtaking, and so is the author's versatility in the field of twentieth-century eee ee eee nent etic peered etre SO ee eee ee eed ‘0 chapter, from topic to topic, from idea to idea, pee ee eee eee ea) erennnr eet ca ee ene een eae Sn eo ed ete a etter and influence, the acumen to disengage idea from a Peete ere Sern Sa ea CD readable than Hitchcock, it deserves to become a classic” Oona a ee gt ights and its Cee ee eee ce Soe eye “A superb text for any course on modern architecture can provide the student of architecture with the ee an ee eto ns Prac TBM O-7448-2 iil 80714)eae a ‘William J. Curtis is the best architectural } Tee UR an ena eee eure era Se eee ee ect eee Rite Coe acura acc eee Ed PO Sei eka ese ce Rea gee ee ace) eet eos eee UNS e UM ag Pree EU nu” a cue critical commentary, that this book excels. “An admirable introduction to Le Corbusier's life and work. It is also a record of personal observation and synthesis by an informed and shrewdly sensitive author which will eGR eae SSC RU Raed available of Le Corbusier's achievement. Reon aS VIBION