Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. The formative years 1887-1916 -- 2. Towards a new architecture 1917-1927 -- 3. The city of tomorrow 1910-1933 -- 4. Decorative art today 1925-1937 -- 5. A house, a palace 1923-1929 -- 6. World architect: Czechosovakia, Russia, Brazil, North Africa, North America, France and Switzerland 1928-1936 -- 7. The politics of the unpolitical: Le Corbusier and Saint-Simonian technocracy 1923-1947 -- 8. From intermediate technology to regional urbanization 1929-1946 -- Towards a new habitat 1922-1960 -- 10. The sacred and the profane: Le Corbusier and spiritual form 1948-1965 -- 11. Passage to India 1950-1965 -- 12. Le Poème de l'angle droit -- 13. Fin d'un monde: the last works 1939-1965 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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