This book is an extensive illustrated commentary that discusses Le Corbusier's text in its context of applied arts, politics and architecture on the eve of the First World War. It reveals fascinating connections in the 'Étude' between European history and the biography of the man who was perhaps the most influential architect of the twentieth century.
Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, French designer Le Corbusier studied at the La-Chaux-de-Fonds Art School.
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and a young woman called Charlotte Perriand presented new concepts of furniture at the Salon d’Automne in Paris in 1929. That collection of iconic furniture has not dated in the slightest, and still fits perfectly with the modern home today. This is mainly due to Le Corbusier’s conviction that the binomial shape/function value must be expressed in the three dimensional manifestation of any daily used and useful object.
Le Corbusier’s iconic furniture is produced by Italian designer furniture brand Cassina under license from the Fondation Le Corbusier.