Le Corbusier and the Continual Revolution in Architecture - By Charles Jencks

"A gifted storyteller is one who makes his subject come alive. Charles Jencks is unequivocally architecture’s greatest living storyteller".
Brian Brace Taylor

Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier dominated twentieth century architecture much the way Picasso dominated painting. His outstanding achievements, his vision of a
harmonious machine civilization, his paintings, drawings, sculpture, architecture, city planning, and writing together compose a portrait of the architect as 'protean creator.' Le Corbusier and the Continual Revolution in Architecture is a fascinating study of this genius who, like the classic Renaissance Man, was versed in many fields, but who was largely self-taught, who gained fame as an architect, but declared his profession on his passport to be 'man of letters.'

Photo: Åke E:son Lindman
La Tourette

The square building, housing the convent of Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette at Eveux-sur-Arbresle in France, imposes a fortress of concrete in a natural setting.
In the three-tiered facade Le Corbusier employed panes of glass set at "musical" intervals to obtain a lyrical effect.

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Le Corbusier
Inside the Machine for Living
by George Marcus

The ideas of Le Corbusier on modern furnishings, modern houses, and modern cities are still, more than three decades after the architect’s death, persuasive and extremely influential. He considered the objects of daily life - a chair, a cabinet, a bottle - as 'tools,' elements whose form and function could be rationally resolved and then standardized. His own metal furniture, designed in collaboration with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, was based on strict conceptions of utility and typology that nevertheless resulted in pieces that were among the most elegant and luxurious creations of modern design.

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