Le Corbusier : the writings of an architect -- Searching for a method (1907/1912) -- An encounter on the Acropolis (1910/1914, 1965) -- The many paths to Paris (1910/17) -- Forging a synthesis of art and industry : letters to William Ritter (1917/25) -- A method for the arts of today : Purism, apreĢs le Cubisme, and l'esprit nouveau -- The language of architecture -- Controversy and poetry, 1929 and beyond -- Travels to the Americas -- The Janus-faced thirties -- Algiers and the Mediterranean atlas -- Elements of a secular faith : daydreams, authority, and the view from above -- Epilogue: A book--a box of miracles. |