{"product_id":"le-corbusier-on-camera-the-unknown-films-of-ernest-weissmann-9783035627282","title":"Le Corbusier on Camera: The Unknown Films of Ernest Weissmann","description":"The book is based on amateur films, shot by the architect Ernest \u003cbr\u003eWeissmann (1903-1985) with a Pathé Motocamera in the years 1929-1933 at \u003cbr\u003ethe Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, among others. These films\u003cbr\u003e have never been published before and capture moments from Le \u003cbr\u003eCorbusier's life that have never been seen before. It also documents his\u003cbr\u003e friendships with Pierre Jeanneret, Josep Lluís Sert, Charlotte \u003cbr\u003ePerriand, Norman Rice, Kunio Maekawa, Sigfried Giedion and others. In \u003cbr\u003esix chapters, the book shows impressive stills of these films and places\u003cbr\u003e them in the respective historical and personal context of Le Corbusier \u003cbr\u003ein introductory texts. \u003cbr\u003eTwo introductions are devoted to the history \u003cbr\u003eof these films and Ernest Weissmann's life and his life-long \u003cbr\u003erelationship with Le Corbusier. \u003cbr\u003e- A documentary treasure trove on the life of Le Corbusier\u003cbr\u003e- Featuring 80 previously unpublished film stills\u003cbr\u003e- Available as softcover (9783035627282), hardcover (9783035627299) and limited special edition with three photographic prints (9783035627305) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLe Corbusier\u003c\/b\u003e (1887-1965) is considered one of the most famous \u003cbr\u003evisionary architects and urban designers of the 20th century. With his \u003cbr\u003ecousin, he ran the Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret from 1922 \u003cbr\u003euntil 1940. During this period, most of the practice's modernist villas \u003cbr\u003ewere built, and bigger works such as the Centrosoyus in Moscow, and the \u003cbr\u003eCité de Refuge and the Pavillon Suisse in Paris, realized. In parallel, \u003cbr\u003eLe Corbusier developed urban-design projects for such cities as Paris, \u003cbr\u003eAntwerp, Algiers, and Buenos Aires, and wrote extensively on his \u003cbr\u003earchitectural and urbanistic ideas. He continued the Atelier Le \u003cbr\u003eCorbusier on an individual base from 1940 on, with projects such as the \u003cbr\u003eUnités d'Habitation in Marseilles and in Nantes-Rezé, Briey, Firminy, \u003cbr\u003eand Berlin; the Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette; and the church\u003cbr\u003e of Notre-Dame du Haut Ronchamp. He designed the new state capital of \u003cbr\u003ethe north Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, with its \u003cbr\u003erepresentative buildings, from 1951 on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnest Weissmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (1903-1985) was a Croatian (then-Yugoslav) architect and \u003cbr\u003edeveloper\/planner. He graduated in architecture in Zagreb, and worked \u003cbr\u003efor Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in Paris. He \u003cbr\u003ededicated his work to the development of the prefabricated \u003cbr\u003ehospital-building type and city planning viewed from social and economic\u003cbr\u003e points of view. He was an active member of the Congrès Internationaux \u003cbr\u003ed'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) from 1929 until 1947. From 1942 until \u003cbr\u003e1966, he worked for the United States Board of Economic Warfare and \u003cbr\u003eUnited Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Economic \u003cbr\u003eCommission, and Department of Economic and Social Affairs. At the UN, \u003cbr\u003eWeissmann was in charge of housing, building, and planning at a global \u003cbr\u003escale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Birkhauser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783035627282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.55h x 8.27w x 0.71d","brand":"Veronique Boone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52360432091317,"sku":"9783035627282","price":63.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b0048281-c421-49ca-b1b9-54c655bd546d.jpg?v=1773720914","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/le-corbusier-on-camera-the-unknown-films-of-ernest-weissmann-9783035627282","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}