{"product_id":"le-corbusier-on-camera-9783035627305","title":"Le Corbusier on Camera","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFor the first time, still images of groundbreaking Swiss-French \narchitect, Le Corbusier, and others, filmed by fellow architect, Ernest \nWeissmann.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is based on amateur films, shot by the architect Ernest Weissmann (1903-1985) with a Pathé Motocamera in the years 1929-1933 at the Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, among others. These films have never been published before and capture moments from Le Corbusier's life that have never been seen before. It also documents his friendships with Pierre Jeanneret, Josep Lluís Sert, Charlotte Perriand, Norman Rice, Kunio Maekawa, Sigfried Giedion and others. In six chapters, the book shows impressive stills of these films and places them in the respective historical and personal context of Le Corbusier in introductory texts. \u003cbr\u003eTwo introductions are devoted to the history of these films and Ernest Weissmann's life and his life-long relationship with Le Corbusier. \u003cbr\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  \nA documentary treasure trove on the life of Le Corbusier\u003cbr\u003e\n•    Featuring 80 previously unpublished film stills\u003cbr\u003e\n•    Available as softcover (9783035627282), hardcover\n(9783035627299) and limited special edition with three photographic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)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLe Corbusier\u003c\/b\u003e (1887–1965) is considered one of the most famous \nvisionary architects and urban designers of the 20th century. With his \ncousin, he ran the Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret from 1922 \nuntil 1940. During this period, most of the practice’s modernist villas \nwere built, and bigger works such as the Centrosoyus in Moscow, and the \nCité de Refuge and the Pavillon Suisse in Paris, realized. In parallel, \nLe Corbusier developed urban-design projects for such cities as Paris, \nAntwerp, Algiers, and Buenos Aires, and wrote extensively on his \narchitectural and urbanistic ideas. He continued the Atelier Le \nCorbusier on an individual base from 1940 on, with projects such as the \nUnités d’Habitation in Marseilles and in Nantes-Rezé, Briey, Firminy, \nand Berlin; the Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette; and the church\n of Notre-Dame du Haut Ronchamp. He designed the new state capital of \nthe north Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, with its \nrepresentative buildings, from 1951 on. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnest Weissmann\u003c\/b\u003e\n (1903–1985) was a Croatian (then-Yugoslav) architect and \ndeveloper\/planner. He graduated in architecture in Zagreb, and worked \nfor Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in Paris. He \ndedicated his work to the development of the prefabricated \nhospital-building type and city planning viewed from social and economic\n points of view. He was an active member of the Congrès Internationaux \nd’Architecture Moderne (CIAM) from 1929 until 1947. From 1942 until \n1966, he worked for the United States Board of Economic Warfare and \nUnited Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Economic \nCommission, and Department of Economic and Social Affairs. At the UN, \nWeissmann was in charge of housing, building, and planning at a global \nscale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecial edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Swiss Hardcover, linen\u003cbr\u003e- three special prints of film stills in a pochette\u003cbr\u003e- limited edition, hand numbered\u003cbr\u003e- color-coordinated threads on the spine (according to Le Corbusier‘s color palette of 1930)\u003cbr\u003e- books wrapped in glassine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Veronique Boone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48279094755579,"sku":"9783035627305","price":440.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_a32b956f-b02d-461d-b63f-5bb698efa85d.jpg?v=1777428751","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/le-corbusier-on-camera-9783035627305","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}