Product Description

Le Corbusier (1887-1965) was arguably the most influential architect of the twentieth century. Despite the fact that he designed no permanent buildings in the United Kingdom, more than any other individual he was responsible for shaping British post-war architecture. Le Corbusier and Britain traces the growing awareness of work by this visionary figure in contemporary architectural journals and the popular press. Contributions by such prominent architects and critics as Edwin Lutyens, Herbert Read, Maxwell Fry, Jane Drew and Colin St John Wilson are accompanied by 150 illustrations. Also featuring the most comprehensive bibliography of British writings by and about Le Corbusier ever published, this book is an invaluable addition to architectural studies.

Product Details

• Published on: 2008-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Review
"Le Corbusier and Britain is too full of treasures to refer to them all individually. The greatest of these - an extremely comprehensive bibliography of work by British writers on Le Corbusier - makes the offerings of The Art of Architecture and Le Corbusier Le Grand seem particularly poor.
--The Architects' Journal, October 2008

About the Author
Irena Murray is an architectural historian and Sir Banister Fletcher Director of the British Architectural Library at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London. Julian Osley is Special Projects Librarian at the British Architectural Library. Alan Powers teaches at the University of Greenwich, London. His book Modern: The Modern Movement in Britain (2005) is also published by Merrell.