![]() ![]() He executed more than 300 designs on every scale, from small huts to entire cities (though only 78 of those designs were ultimately built). Leafing, or rather hefting, through the slab-like tome, it's astounding to see just how much Le Corbusier accomplished. You couldn't make a book like this about just any architect. ![]() And this month an enormous new book, Le Corbusier Le Grand, is published, which collects together his diverse achievements for the first time. A substantial exhibition, Le Corbusier: The Art of Architecture, moves from its current home in Paris to the crypt of Liverpool's Metropolitan cathedral in October. ![]() The grandaddy of modernism is up for re-exposure and reappraisal in the coming months. And if people have heard of him, it's usually in the context of failed 1960s housing estates.Īll that might change, though. He's arguably had more of an influence on the form of the modern world than any other architect - you could even argue there was no modern world before Le Corbusier - but stop someone on the street and ask them to name one of his buildings and you're unlikely to get a correct answer. He's still admired, even worshipped, in architectural circles, but practically forgotten everywhere else. ![]() Le Corbusier is difficult to get a hold on. ![]()
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