Adolf Max Vogt, founder of the Center for the History and Theory of Architecture in Zurich offers a new study of Le Corbusier's life and work to show how the texture of the architect's childhood environment and experiences imprinted his mature imagination and his architectural designs. 265 illustrations.
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Adolf Max Vogt, founder of the Center for the History and Theory of Architecture in Zurich offers a new study of Le Corbusier's life and work to show how the texture of the architect's childhood environment and experiences imprinted his mature imagination and his architectural designs. 265 illustrations.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. As New. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, drawings and plans. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. Unread. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984.; Photographs & drawings; 8vo.; 365 pages.
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Used-Very Good. This revelatory study is the most unexpected and vital piece of LeCorbusier scholarship to appear in years. Adolf Max Vogt looks to the early, formative years of the architect's life as a key to understanding his maturepractice, taking aim at such fundamental riddles as 'Where did his design vocabularycome from? ' and 'How was his aesthetic sense formed? 'Vogt's investigation of LC'searly life and education not only reveals important, previously unacknowledgedinfluences on specific projects such as the League of Nations headquarters and theVilla Savoye, but also suggests why LC throughout his career preferred to liftbuildings above the ground, to give them the appearance of 'floating. ' By uncoveringcrucial dimensions of LC's early life and resurrecting primary documents and sourcematerials overlooked by other scholars, this book changes the face of LCstudies. Uncovering crucial dimensions of Le Corbusier's early life and resurrecting primary documents and source materials overlooked by other scholars. First page is lightly water stained. Blue remainder mark on bottom text edge. Binding is tight no interior marks.