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The Open Hand: Essays on Le Corbusier

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1977

This is one of the first sizeable works containing original research on Le Corbusier to appear in English.

The fourteen essays are by Russell Walden, Paul Turner, Patricia Sekler, Maurice Favre, Brian Taylor, Charles Jencks, Anthony Sutcliffe, Robert Fishman, Martin Purdy, John Winter, Maxwell Fry, Jane Drew, Madhu Sarin, and Stanislaus von Moos.

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Foreword

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André Wogenscky

André Wogenscky

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction

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Russell Walden

Russell Walden

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Part One: The Intellectual Formation of Le Corbusier
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- Romanticism, Rationalism, and the Domino System
  
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  Paul Turner
  
  Paul Turner
  
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- Le Corbusier, Ruskin, the Tree, and the Open Hand
  
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  Mary Patricia May Sekler
  
  Mary Patricia May Sekler
  
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- Le Corbusier in an Unpublished Dossier and a Little-Known Novel
  
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  Maurice Favre
  
  Maurice Favre
  
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Part Two: Habitation and Le Corbusier's Purist Position: Creation, Propaganda, and Defense
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- New Light on Le Corbusier's Early Years in Paris: The La Roche-Jeanneret Houses
  
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  Russell Walden
  
  Russell Walden
  
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- Le Corbusier at Pessac: Professional and Client Responsibilities
  
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  Brian Brace Taylor
  
  Brian Brace Taylor
  
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- Le Corbusier on the Tightrope of Functionalism
  
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  Charles Jencks
  
  Charles Jencks
  
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Part Three: The Urban Utopia: Le Corbusier's Ideas, Plans, and Politics
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- A Vision of Utopia: Optimistic Foundations of Le Corbusier's Doctrine d'urbanisme
  
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  Anthony Sutcliffe
  
  Anthony Sutcliffe
  
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- From the Radiant City to Vichy: Le Corbusier's Plans and Politics, 1928-1942
  
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  Robert Fishman
  
  Robert Fishman
  
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Part Four: The Spiritual and Technological Paradox of Le Corbusier
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- Le Corbusier and the Theological Program
  
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  Martin Purdy
  
  Martin Purdy
  
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- Le Corbusier's Technological Dilemma
  
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  John Winter
  
  John Winter
  
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Part Five: Chandigarh: Realization, Reminiscences, and Sociopolitical Realities
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- Le Corbusier at Chandigarh
  
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  Maxwell Fry
  
  Maxwell Fry
  
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- Le Corbusier as I Knew Him
  
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  Jane B. Drew
  
  Jane B. Drew
  
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- Chandigarh as a Place to Live in
  
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  Madhu Sarin
  
  Madhu Sarin
  
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- The Politics of the Open Hand: Notes on Le Corbusier and Nehru at Chandigarh
  
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  Stanislaus von Moos
  
  Stanislaus von Moos
  
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Notes on the Contributors

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List of Illustrations

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Index

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