- A commemoration of the legendary architect Le Corbusier and his masterpiece the city of Chandigarh - Features essays by world-famous architects and urban planners on Le Corbusier and his vision - Includes almost 250 images, maps and rare sketches by Le Corbusier himself, on the city of Chandigarh With the recent recognition of Chandigarh's Capitol Complex as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the spotlight on its creator, Le Corbusier considered the 20th century's greatest architect-planner attains a more illustrious glow. Against this backdrop, Le Corbusier Rediscovered: Chandigarh and Beyond weaves together an anthology of inspired essays by eminent, global experts on Corbusier's life, ideas and work, both in Chandigarh and at other places. The diverse yet interlinked themes forming a composite compendium, rediscover the timelessness of Corbusier's architecture and revisit his impact in India and the world over. Current issues like conservation of Chandigarh's architectural heritage, future strategies for its growth and the Smart City model for Indian urbanization are also addressed. The book is imbued with a patina of historicity imparted by the inclusion of some rare archival images and texts. With focussed essays by international experts like B.V. Doshi, William J.R. Curtis, Raj Rewal, Rahul Mehrotra, Jacques Sbriglio, Michel Richard, Alfredo Brillembourg, S.D. Sharma, Jagan Shah, Rajnish Wattas and Sumit Kaur on thematically linked topics this richly illustrated book - with nearly 250 images - constitutes a seminal new publication. It rediscovers Le Corbusier and his crowning glory Chandigarh, viewed afresh in a new light.

The evolution and development of Le Corbusier's ideas about city planning are discussed.

This is a revealing book which, for the first time, investigates the central influence of feminism in the work of Le Corbusier; one of the most important and revered architects of all time. The text covers Le Corbusier’s upbringing and training and sets this in the context of the cultural atmosphere of his time, covering issues of gender and religion. It reveals aspects of his private life such as personal relationships, which have barely been explored before as no biography currently exists. Furthermore, the author reveals, for the first time in print, a previously undiscovered and unpublished Le Corbusier building, making this book an incredibly significant addition to existing literature on the great man. In short, the new evidence and theories contained in this volume amount to major revelations about this hugely revered and central architectural figure of the 20th Century.

Originally published in Germany in 1968, this first comprehensive and critical survey of Le Corbusier's life and work soon became the standard text on the architect and polymath. French, Spanish, English, Japanese and Korean editions followed, but the book has now been out of print for almost two decades. In the meantime, Le Corbusier's archives in Paris have become available for research, resulting in an avalanche of scholarship. Von Moos' critical take and the basic criteria by which the subject is organized and historicized remain surprisingly pertinent in the context of this recent jungle of Corbusier studies. This new, completely revised edition is based on the 1979 version published in English by the MIT Press but offers a substantially updated body of illustrations. Each of the seven chapters is supplemented by a critical survey of recent scholarship on the respective issues. An updated edition of this acclaimed book, an essential read for students of architecture and architectural history.

Introduction / Peter Serenyi.Pt. 1. The formative years: 1887-1918. Origins (1944) / Maximilien Gauthier ; Origins, youth, travels (1968) / Stanislaus von Moos ; The beginnings of Le Corbusier?s education, 1902-07 (1971) / Paul Turner.Pt. 2. The mechanical analogy. Le Corbusier?s The engineer's aesthetic: mass-production houses (1922) / Marcello Piacentini ; Architecture in France: Le Corbusier-Saugnier (1922) / Paul Westheim ; The new house (1926) / Sigfried Giedion ; Progressive building in Paris: 1918-1928 (1960) / Reyner Banham.Pt. 3. History and modernity. The Mundaneum (1929) / Karel Teige ; Le Corbusier (1937) / Walter Curt Behrendt ; The mathematics of the ideal villa: Palladio and Le Corbusier compared (1947) / Colin Rowe ; Conclusion: Functionalism and technology (1960) / Reyner Banham.Pt. 4. The metamorphosis of form. Garches to Jaoul: Le Corbusier as domestic architect in 1927 and 1953 (1955) / James Stirling ; Ronchamp: Le Corbusier?s chapel and the crisis of rationalism (1956) / James Stirling ; Le Corbusier?s changing attitude toward form (1965) / Peter Serenyi ; Formal and functional interactions: a study of two late projects by Le Corbusier (1966) / Alan Colquhoun.Pt. 5. The modulor. Modulor (1954) / Peter Collins ; Le Corbusier?s modulor (1963) / Rudolf Wittkower.Pt. 6. The sociological context. Le Corbusier: the architecture of tomorrow? (1926) / Steen Eiler Rasmussen ; Lived-in architecture (1969) / Philippe Boudon ; Le Corbusier at Pessac (1972) / Brian Brace Taylor ; Le Corbusier, Fourier, and the Monastery of Ema (1967) / Peter Serenyi.Pt. 7. The city. A plan for a contemporary city (1922) / Waldemar George ; Le Corbusier and the ?pack-donkey's way (1929) / Cornelius Gurlitt ; From the City for 3 million inhabitants to the Plan Voisin (1968) / Stanislaus von Moos ; The city of dialectic (1969) / Kenneth Frampton ; Chandigarh (1969) / Norma Evenson.Biographical data.