Boesiger Girsberger - Le Corbusier 1910-65 - 1967

Le Corbusier, 1910-65

Boesiger, Willy and Hans Girsberger

Limited “Sonder Ausgabe” Edition

Zurich: Editions Girsberger, 1967.
Hardcover with red stamped lettering.

White and BW-illustrated with black and red lettering. 334 pp. BW and color illustrations.

Condition Fine considered the age of the book.
Minor traces of wear and usage.
Crisp corners, no missing or torn parts.
Dustcover used but in fine condition.



Text in French with German and English translations.

For those who want a good look at the work of le Corbusier, this is the book for you!

Dividing his projects by type (eg houses, museum projects, etc) and including a summary of his theory of architectural proportion (le modulor) and an overview of his urban planning projects, the editors provide copious photos of models and plans, (and photos of the actual buildings for those that reached execution.

Paragraph length captions are trilingual: the original French, English and German.

The book begins with a short biographical summary and a chronological list of architectural works, as well as publications by and about le Corbusier.
The interested student will obtain a sound foundation and a starting point for more in-depth study.
The interested amateur will come away with a good concept of what le Corbusier was trying to accomplish.

Le Corbusier is considered one of the most important figures in architecture and design from the same era such as Jean Prouve, Enzo Mari, Ettore Sottsass, Charlotte Perriand, such as George Nelson, Eames, Hella Jongerius, Verner Panton, Frank Gehry, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Maarten Van Severen, Aalvar Aalto and Alexander Girard.

Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture.
He was born in Switzerland to French speaking Swiss parents, and acquired French nationality by naturalization on 19 September 1930.




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