Le Corbusier: Städtebau

Le Corbusier; Hans Hildebrandt (transl.). Le Corbusier: Städtebau. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, (1979). Second edition (Facsimile reprint of the first 1929 German edition). Octavo. xi,[1],261,[1]pp. Decorative yellow cloth with black lettering in original dust jacket. Le Corbusier’s authoritative work was first published in 1925 in France under the title “Urbanisme.” Profusely illustrated with 218 b/w reproductions of photographs, drawings and architectural plans. With partly colored double-page city plan & large fold-out plan in rear. Translated from French into German by Hans Hildebrandt. Slight chipping and few closed tears on edges of dj. One-inch closed tear on margin of fold-out plan. Tight copy with dj in good, book in very good to near fine condition. vg. Hardcover.

Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris (1887-1965) used the pseudonym Le Corbusier. He was a Swiss-born architect, writer, sculptor, painter and modern furniture designer who became famous for his contributions to ‘Modern Architecture’. (29178) $65