Le Corbusier: References & Edit History
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Principal sources on Le Corbusier and his work are The Complete Architectural Works, ed. by Willy Boesiger, O. Stonorov, and Max Bill, 7 vol. (1935â65), in English, French, and German; and Le Corbusier: Last Works, ed. by Willy Boesiger (1970). Le Corbusier, ed. by Boesiger (1972), is a comprehensive survey, catalog, and guidebook to his projects that is based on the above Works. Writings devoted to Le Corbusier during his lifetime (often distorted by a strong bias either for or against the architect) include François de Pierrefeu, Le Corbusier et Pierre Jeanneret (1932), the first book devoted to Le Corbusier; Maximilien Gauthier, Le Corbusier: ou, lâarchitecture au service de lâhomme (1944); Stamo Papadaki (ed.), Le Corbusier: Architect, Painter, Writer (1948), a series of essays by friends and former collaborators; Françoise Choay, Le Corbusier (1960), an attempt at a synthesis; and Peter Blake, Le Corbusier: Architecture and Form (1964). Stanislaus Von Moos, Le Corbusier: Elements of a Synthesis (1979; originally published in German, 1968), is an attempt to decipher the man behind the myth; Maurice Besset, Who Was Le Corbusier? (1968; originally published in French), was written by Le Corbusierâs executor; Charles Jencks, Le Corbusier and the Tragic View of Architecture (1974), is a biography more balanced than most; and Russell Walden (ed.), The Open Hand: Essays on Le Corbusier (1977, reissued 1982), is a collection of essays.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Fondation Le Corbusier - Le Corbusier. | Aug 14, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - By Design - Le Corbusier: the architect, the man. | Dec 26, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 02, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - The man who changed the way we live. | May 30, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Independent - The legacy of Le Corbusier. | Nov 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - The architectural work of Le Corbusier an outstanding contribution to the modern movement inscribed on the unesco world heritage list. | Jun 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Met - Le Corbusier. | Apr 02, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: 20th Century Architecture - Charles-ïżœdouard Jeanneret. | Nov 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Art Story - Biography of Le Corbusier. | Dec 10, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Architects - Le Corbusier. | Mar 14, 2022 | ||
| Added discussion of his furniture. | Dec 23, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Le Corbusier. | Oct 21, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Artnet - Le Corbusier. | Jan 20, 2019 | ||
| Added that 17 architectural works by Le Corbusier were designated World Heritage sites by UNESCO. | Aug 17, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Tate - Biography of Le Corbusier. | Feb 19, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement. | Feb 19, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biography of Le Corbusier. | Jan 27, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Vitra Design Museum - Biography of Le Corbusier. | Jan 27, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fondation Le Corbusier - Le Corbusier. | Jan 27, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Architects - Biography of Le Corbusier. | Jan 27, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Moderna Museet - Biography of Le Corbusier. | Jan 27, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Le Corbusier. | Jan 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Institute of British Architects - Biography of Le Corbusier. | Jan 06, 2014 | ||
| Deleted photograph. | Jan 11, 2012 | ||
| Added photograph. | Apr 06, 2011 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 09, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | May 29, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |