{"product_id":"le-corbusier-on-camera-9783035627299","title":"Le Corbusier on Camera","description":"\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe book is\nbased on amateur films, shot by the architect Ernest Weissmann (1903-1985) with\na Pathé Motocamera in the years 1929-1933 at the Atelier Le Corbusier and\nPierre Jeanneret, among others. These films have never been published before\nand capture moments from Le Corbusier's life that have never been seen before.\nIt also documents his friendships with Pierre Jeanneret, Josep Lluís Sert,\nCharlotte Perriand, Norman Rice, Kunio Maekawa, Sigfried Giedion and others. In\nsix chapters, the book shows impressive stills of these films and places them\nin the respective historical and personal context of Le Corbusier in\nintroductory texts.  Two introductions are devoted to the history of these films and Ernest\nWeissmann's life and his life-long relationship with Le Corbusier. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e•   \nA documentary treasure trove on the life of Le Corbusier\u003cbr\u003e\n•    Featuring 80 previously unpublished film stills\u003cbr\u003e\n•    Available as softcover (9783035627282), hardcover\n(9783035627299) and limited special edition with three photographic prints\n(9783035627305)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLe Corbusier\u003c\/b\u003e (1887–1965) is considered one of the most famous visionary\narchitects and urban designers of the 20th century. With his cousin, he ran the\nAtelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret from 1922 until 1940. During this\nperiod, most of the practice’s modernist villas were built, and bigger works\nsuch as the Centrosoyus in Moscow, and the Cité de Refuge and the Pavillon\nSuisse in Paris, realized. In parallel, Le Corbusier developed urban-design\nprojects for such cities as Paris, Antwerp, Algiers, and Buenos Aires, and\nwrote extensively on his architectural and urbanistic ideas. He continued the\nAtelier Le Corbusier on an individual base from 1940 on, with projects such as\nthe Unités d’Habitation in Marseilles and in Nantes-Rezé, Briey, Firminy, and\nBerlin; the Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette; and the church of\nNotre-Dame du Haut Ronchamp. He designed the new state capital of the north\nIndian states of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, with its representative\nbuildings, from 1951 on. \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eErnest Weissmann\u003c\/b\u003e (1903–1985) was a Croatian (then-Yugoslav) architect\nand developer\/planner. He graduated in architecture in Zagreb, and worked for\nAdolf Loos and Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in Paris. He dedicated his\nwork to the development of the prefabricated hospital-building type and city\nplanning viewed from social and economic points of view. He was an active\nmember of the Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne (CIAM) from 1929\nuntil 1947. From 1942 until 1966, he worked for the United States Board of\nEconomic Warfare and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Economic\nCommission, and Department of Economic and Social Affairs. At the UN, Weissmann\nwas in charge of housing, building, and planning at a global scale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n","brand":"Veronique Boone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48279113072891,"sku":"9783035627299","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9783035627299.jpg?v=1772488392","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/le-corbusier-on-camera-9783035627299","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}