A spectacular visual biography of the life and work of Le Corbusier (1887–1965), one of Modernism’s most influential architects, urban planners, and theorists Approximately 2, 000 images and documents, many unpublished before Phaidon´s first edition, feature his major built works, urban plans, paintings, publications, and furniture as well as sketches, photographs, and personal correspondence Rarely seen photographs and correspondence shed new light on Le Corbusier´s relationships with Josephine Baker, Eileen Gray, Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Prouvé, and many others With an introductory essay by Jean-Louis Cohen and chapter introductions by Tim Benton Available for the first time in a new paperback format.