{"product_id":"le-corbusier-on-camera-the-unknown-films-of-ernest-weissmann-9783035627299","title":"Le Corbusier on Camera: The Unknown Films of Ernest Weissmann","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book is\u003cbr\u003ebased on amateur films, shot by the architect Ernest Weissmann (1903-1985) with\u003cbr\u003ea Pathé Motocamera in the years 1929-1933 at the Atelier Le Corbusier and\u003cbr\u003ePierre Jeanneret, among others. These films have never been published before\u003cbr\u003eand capture moments from Le Corbusier's life that have never been seen before.\u003cbr\u003eIt also documents his friendships with Pierre Jeanneret, Josep Lluís Sert, \u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Perriand, Norman Rice, Kunio Maekawa, Sigfried Giedion and others. In\u003cbr\u003esix chapters, the book shows impressive stills of these films and places them\u003cbr\u003ein the respective historical and personal context of Le Corbusier in\u003cbr\u003eintroductory texts. Two introductions are devoted to the history of these films and Ernest\u003cbr\u003eWeissmann's life and his life-long relationship with Le Corbusier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cbr\u003eA documentary treasure trove on the life of Le Corbusier \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Featuring 80 previously unpublished film stills \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Available as softcover (9783035627282), hardcover\u003cbr\u003e(9783035627299) and limited special edition with three photographic prints\u003cbr\u003e(9783035627305) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLe Corbusier\u003c\/b\u003e (1887-1965) is considered one of the most famous visionary\u003cbr\u003earchitects and urban designers of the 20th century. With his cousin, he ran the\u003cbr\u003eAtelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret from 1922 until 1940. During this\u003cbr\u003eperiod, most of the practice's modernist villas were built, and bigger works\u003cbr\u003esuch as the Centrosoyus in Moscow, and the Cité de Refuge and the Pavillon\u003cbr\u003eSuisse in Paris, realized. In parallel, Le Corbusier developed urban-design\u003cbr\u003eprojects for such cities as Paris, Antwerp, Algiers, and Buenos Aires, and\u003cbr\u003ewrote extensively on his architectural and urbanistic ideas. He continued the\u003cbr\u003eAtelier Le Corbusier on an individual base from 1940 on, with projects such as\u003cbr\u003ethe Unités d'Habitation in Marseilles and in Nantes-Rezé, Briey, Firminy, and\u003cbr\u003eBerlin; the Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette; and the church of\u003cbr\u003eNotre-Dame du Haut Ronchamp. He designed the new state capital of the north\u003cbr\u003eIndian states of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, with its representative\u003cbr\u003ebuildings, from 1951 on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnest Weissmann\u003c\/b\u003e (1903-1985) was a Croatian (then-Yugoslav) architect\u003cbr\u003eand developer\/planner. He graduated in architecture in Zagreb, and worked for\u003cbr\u003eAdolf Loos and Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in Paris. He dedicated his\u003cbr\u003ework to the development of the prefabricated hospital-building type and city\u003cbr\u003eplanning viewed from social and economic points of view. He was an active\u003cbr\u003emember of the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) from 1929\u003cbr\u003euntil 1947. From 1942 until 1966, he worked for the United States Board of\u003cbr\u003eEconomic Warfare and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Economic\u003cbr\u003eCommission, and Department of Economic and Social Affairs. At the UN, Weissmann\u003cbr\u003ewas in charge of housing, building, and planning at a global scale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVeronique\u003cbr\u003eBoone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis an architect from the University\u003cbr\u003eof Ghent, Belgium and doctor from the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture\u003cbr\u003eet de Paysage de Lille (ENSAPL), France and the Université Libre de Bruxelles\u003cbr\u003e(ULB), Belgium. She is an associate professor at the Faculty of Architecture La\u003cbr\u003eCambre Horta at the ULB. She lectures on architectural history and theory as\u003cbr\u003ewell as on the conservation of 20th-century architecture. Her research focuses\u003cbr\u003eon the history and theory, as well as alternative narratives of modern\u003cbr\u003earchitecture. She has published extensively in academic publications on Le\u003cbr\u003eCorbusier and the mediation of architecture by film and television, and is a\u003cbr\u003ecorrespondent for Belgian and international architectural magazines on\u003cbr\u003econtemporary architecture. She has worked on several exhibitions as curator\u003cbr\u003eand\/or contributor to catalogues - among them, Lucien Hervé, l'oeil de\u003cbr\u003el'architecte, CIVA, 2005; Le Corbusier and the Power of Photography, Musée des\u003cbr\u003ebeaux-arts La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2012; L'Architecture modern à l'écran, Cinematek, \u003cbr\u003e2014; In the Studio at 35, rue de Sèvres: an Amateur cameraman's Informal View, \u003cbr\u003eFondation Le Corbusier, 2017 and Atelier Jespers, 2018. She is also\u003cbr\u003eVice-President of DOCOMOMO Belgium.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Birkhauser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50457751355666,"sku":"9783035627299","price":77.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e6e02218-d6c6-442a-9fac-6e6a3eb51093.jpg?v=1729938506","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/le-corbusier-on-camera-the-unknown-films-of-ernest-weissmann-9783035627299","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}