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Le Corbusier: Oeuvre Complete/English/French/German
It has been called the most important book ever published in the history of architecture; it is certainly the most important, most sought-after, and most emulated monograph on any architect. It is also the essential cornerstone of any architect's library.
The uvre Complte, or Complete Works, of Le Corbusier collects all the works, built and unbuilt, of the modern master in eight beautiful volumes. Each project is presented in drawing, sketches, models, or photographs, and in the way Le Corbusier himself imagined each project. Produced in collaboration with the architect over a period of forty years, the set forms a unique record, preserving exhaustive accounts of Le Corbusier's buildings and projects, sketchbooks, manifestoes, images, and texts that have irrevocably changed the nature of architecture.
The uvre Complte, or Complete Works, of Le Corbusier collects all the works, built and unbuilt, of the modern master in eight beautiful volumes. Each project is presented in drawing, sketches, models, or photographs, and in the way Le Corbusier himself imagined each project. Produced in collaboration with the architect over a period of forty years, the set forms a unique record, preserving exhaustive accounts of Le Corbusier's buildings and projects, sketchbooks, manifestoes, images, and texts that have irrevocably changed the nature of architecture.
- GenresArchitecture
Hardcover
First published December 31, 1990
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April 27, 2016
It really feels like 1970s publication...(in a bad way)-
Really? After 80+ years and yet no body tried to come up with an edition with better photographs, drawing reproductions, and color? Corbu does design in color, and most of his paintings are also in color. I bet Birkhäuser still using the plates date prior to 1970s to cut cost.
It's like paying Dom Perignon price for Coors. The cheapest vendor one can find sells close to $600, average $75 per 200 page volume, more than a full color El Croquis. Paying such an expensive price for black and white carbon-copy alike prints just doesn't make any sense. I'm totally uninspired by publisher's laziness and greed, and 8 Xerox-copy volumes definitely do not represent Cobu's genius and his spirit of embracing the technology, time, and social-economics.
I urge all design professionals to think twice before spending your hard earn money into these junk.
Please see my Amazon review link below and let me know if they are helpful to you (by pressing yes or no button), thank you for your comment and support:
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Really? After 80+ years and yet no body tried to come up with an edition with better photographs, drawing reproductions, and color? Corbu does design in color, and most of his paintings are also in color. I bet Birkhäuser still using the plates date prior to 1970s to cut cost.
It's like paying Dom Perignon price for Coors. The cheapest vendor one can find sells close to $600, average $75 per 200 page volume, more than a full color El Croquis. Paying such an expensive price for black and white carbon-copy alike prints just doesn't make any sense. I'm totally uninspired by publisher's laziness and greed, and 8 Xerox-copy volumes definitely do not represent Cobu's genius and his spirit of embracing the technology, time, and social-economics.
I urge all design professionals to think twice before spending your hard earn money into these junk.
Please see my Amazon review link below and let me know if they are helpful to you (by pressing yes or no button), thank you for your comment and support:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R3BO3...
August 14, 2017
Awesome
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