Le Corbusier and Britain: An Anthology

by Murray; Irena

• ISBN13: 9780415479943
• ISBN10: 0415479940
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is arguably the most influential architect of the twentieth century. Despite the fact that he designed no permanent buildings in the United Kingdom, more than any other individual he was responsible for shaping British post-war architecture. Le Corbusier and Britaintraces the growing awareness of work by this visionary figure in contemporary architecture journals and the popular press. Contributions by such prominent architects and critics as Edwin Lutyens, Herbert Read, Evelyn Waugh, Peter Smithson, Jane Drew, Basil Spence and Christopher Booker are accompanied by 150 illustrations, together with writings and drawings by Le Corbusier himself. Also featuring the most comprehensive bibliography of British writings by and about Le Corbusier ever published, this book is an invaluable addition to the study of architecture.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1924-1939: The World of Tomorrow

Le Corbusier-Saugnier

Vers une Architecture

Towards a New Architecture

Heald Towards a New Architecture: When Engineer and Architect Work Together

The Robotism of Architecture

Houses - Ancient and Modern: A Home to Live In, not a Mansion for 'Occasions'

A Pioneer of Modern European Architecture

Hastings Europe Discusses the House

Edwards Le Corbusier Again

The City of To-morrow: the Real Revolution Lies in the Solution of Existing Problems

A Vision Realised: In a Country Villa Le Corbusier Proves his Theories

Cities of the Future

The City of To-morrow

The Way of To-morrow and the Traffic Problem

The City of To-morrow

The House of To-morrow

The Vertical City

The Voice of the Prophet

Radiant City and Garden Suburb: Corbusier's Ville Radieuse

The Crystal Palace

The MARS Group Exhibition: the Elements of Modern Architecture

Review of Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret: Oeuvre ComplTte 1934-1938

1940-1949: Building Upon the Canon

The Poetry of Le Corbusier

Corbusier

The Future of the Architectural Profession

The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa: Palladio and Le Corbusier compared

Intervention during the Discussion on Architectural Expression by CIAM, Bridgwater, on September 13, 1947

The Space Machine: An Evaluation of the Recent Work of Le Corbusier

Address to the Students of the Architectural Association School

1950-1959: Architecture and Recognition

London County Council Architect's Department Le Corbusier's UnitF d'Habitation

Colin St. John Wilson The Vertical City

Frederic J. Osborn Concerning Le Corbusier

Various Selection of Speeches made at the Presentation of the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal to Le Corbusier on 31 March 1953

Le Corbusier A New City for India

Reyner Banham Painting and Sculpture of Le Corbusier

Peter Smithson Le Corbusier

1960-1969: Goodbye to the Giant

Basil Spence Our Debt to Le Corbusier

Walter Segal The Unknown Giant

Philip Powell and Jane Drew Le Corbusier: Appreciations

Peter Yates Le Corbusier: an Appreciation

Reyner Banham The Last Formgiver

1970-1987: Rejection and Reappraisal

Peter Allison Le Corbusier: 'Architect or Revolutionary?'A Re-appraisal of Le Corbusier's First Book on Architecture

Alan Colquhoun Displacements of Concepts

Martin Pawley A Philistine Attack

Peter Cook The Corb That Might Have Been

Louis Hellman Towards a New Look at Le Corbusier

Maxwell Fry With Corb in Chandigarh

Christopher Booker The Price of Le Corbusier

Phil Windsor How Wrong was Le Corbusier

James Dunnett The Architecture of Silence

Christopher Booker Corbusier: Architect of Disaster for the Millions who are Condemned to Live in a Concrete Jungle

Brian Appleyard Architect of Our Sky-High Life

Gavin Stamp The Consequences of Le Corbusier

James Palmes The Relevance of Le Corbusier

Bibliography

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