Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms (Phaidon, 2015) is a reissue of the seminal 1986 monograph, marking the 50th anniversary of the French-Swiss architect’s passing. With updated scholarship and research, noted architectural historian William J.R. Curtis reassesses Le Corbusier’s legacy, further contextualizing his pioneering and polarizing philosophies on architecture and urbanism. The book has been thoughtfully redesigned and supplemented with new photographs, plans, and sketches from the Foundation Le Corbusier’s archives.
Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms (Phaidon, 2015) is a reissue of the seminal 1986 monograph, marking the 50th anniversary of the French-Swiss architect’s passing. With updated scholarship and research, noted architectural historian William J.R. Curtis reassesses Le Corbusier’s legacy, further contextualizing his pioneering and polarizing philosophies on architecture and urbanism. The book has been thoughtfully redesigned and supplemented with new photographs, plans, and sketches from the Foundation Le Corbusier’s archives.