Le Corbusier, The Creative Search: The Formative Years Of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret
New York / London: Van Nostrand Reinhold / E & FN Spon, 1996. Hardcover. square black boards w/ silver spine printing. 320 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. glossy pictorial & black dustjacket w/ white printing. VG/VG- (ex-libris w/ hand-written & taped catalogue label to lower spine of dustjacket. very slight skew to textblock; texblock & pgs firm/intact. boards have light scratches & smudges. light bumping & rubbing to corners. spine ends crinkled. dustjacket has scuffs & edge-wear). Item #190564
ISBN: 9780442021283
From an architects collection; other than the label to spine, there are no other ex-libris markings. A nice, bright copy. "In this book, Geoffrey Baker extends the survey of Le Corbusier's architecture in his acclaimed Le Corbusier: An analysis of form to chart the way in which Le Corbusier developed his creative approach. Baker concentrates on the way a designer's mind works. He extends the analytical skills used to explain Le Corbusier's architecture into a detailed analysis of those vital early sketchbooks that form the core of Le Corbusier's education. For the first time in a single volume, Baker provides comprehensive documentation of sketches in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Italy and on the journey to the East, including extensive English translations of Le Corbusier's notes. This assemblage of some of Le Corbusier's finest sketches is closely related to the way he designed his first homes, providing a remarkably lucid and accessible record of the working research method of a master."--WorldCat.
OCLC: 34151454
Price: $80.00