Jean-Louis Cohen

Efter andra världskriget började Theodor Teto Ahrenberg (1912-1989) att skapa en av de mest ambitiösa och egensinniga privata samlingar av modern konst som funnits; en samling som alltjämt i stort sett är okänd. Den innehöll närmare tusen verk av etablerade mästare som Matisse, Picasso och Chagall, och av banbrytande yngre konstnärer som Kantor, Baertling och Tinguely. Ahrenbergs komplexa och personliga samling formades av hans övertygelse om att han inte bara var samlare utan även katalysator någon som underlättade för utställningar, samarbeten och uppdrag, och använde konsten för att motsätta sig konservatism och självbelåtenhet. Samlingen beslagtogs 1962 av de svenska myndigheterna, under omtvistade förhållanden, och skingrades sedan. Det fanns också långt gångna planer på att skapa ett nytt konstmuseum av världsklass, ritat av Le Corbusier, på vattnet utanför Norr Mälarstrand. Även dessa planer skingrades. Ahrenberg byggde sedan upp en ny och än mer progressiv samling som lyfte fram konstnärer ur 60-talets avantgarde, såsom Christo, Arman, Lucio Fontana och Niki de Saint Phalle. Med hjälp av ett rikt bildmaterial och korrespondens, varav mycket aldrig tidigare har publicerats, utforskar denna bok på ett uttömmande sätt Ahrenbergs fascinerande samlingar och liv.

France, arguably more than any other Western nation, played a central role in the emergence and development of modernism across a variety of disciplines, with its architects in particular creating some of the most iconic buildings of the twentieth century. Yet few histories have attempted to grapple with the continuities and breaks in France's architecture since 1900, particularly against the broader international background. France: Modern Architectures in History is the first book to present a complete narrative of the unfolding of architectural modernity in France, dealing both with the buildings themselves and also the political and critical frameworks surrounding them. This book is based on more than three decades of research on the architecture and urban design of the francophone world, dealing not only with developments within France itself but also the colonial context and the systems of exchange with other countries including Italy, Germany, Russia and the United States. Jean-Louis Cohen offers a new perspective on ideas, projects and buildings too often considered in a narrow, nationalistic perspective.He also maps France's architectural and spatial development against its problematic search for national identity, the background of European rivalries and the country's colonial project. Authoritatively written and drawing on a wealth of recent research, France: Modern Architectures in History will be of interest to students, professionals and historians of architecture as well as in other fields of study.

Back in print, the spectacular visual biography of the life and work of Le Corbusier – one of the twentieth century’s most influential architects ‘Le Corbusier arguably had more of an influence on the form of the modern world than any other architect… You couldn’t make a book like this about just any architect. Beyond the architecture, it reveals a great deal about the man himself’ – Guardian Almost two decades since its first publication, the bestselling and classic monograph Le Corbusier Le Grand is finally available again. Documenting the life and work of one of the giants of twentieth-century architecture and design, the book presents an array of sketches, photographs, and correspondences, charting the vast and varied output of Le Corbusier, an artist who continues to fascinate those inside and outside the architectural world. The survey features an introductory essay by the esteemed architectural historian and Le Corbusier expert Jean-Louis Cohen, to whom this edition is dedicated, and chapter introductions by another leading Le Corbusier scholar, Tim Benton.

An essential exploration of how Russian ideas about the United States shaped architecture and urban design from the czarist era to the fall of the U.S.S.R. Idealized representations of America, as both an aspiration and a menace, played an important role in shaping Russian architecture and urban design from the American Revolution until the fall of the Soviet Union. Jean-Louis Cohen traces the powerful concept of “Amerikanizm” and its impact on Russia’s built environment from early czarist interest in Revolutionary America, through the spectacular World’s Fairs of the 19th century, to department stores, skyscrapers, and factories built in Russia using American methods during the 20th century. Visions of America also captivated the Russian avant-garde, from El Lissitzky to Moisei Ginzburg, and Cohen explores the ongoing artistic dialogue maintained between the two countries at the mid-century and in the late Soviet era, following a period of strategic competition. This first major study of Amerikanizm in the architecture of Russia makes a timely contribution to our understanding of modern architecture and its broader geopolitics. Distributed for the Canadian Centre for Architecture

The 2018 Cahiers d'Art revue revisits Mir 's works and relationship between Mir and Cahiers d'Art through an anthology of the most beautiful texts published in the revue. It also introduces unpublished objects and pieces from the artist's collection. The stencil Mir made for the No. 1-4 of the 1936 revue is silkscreened as this revue's cover. The issue also includes an interview with Staffan Ahrenberg and Miquel Barcel , and works by Helen Marten, Koo Jong A and Karel Malich. Anchored in the beauty of the Catalan land and in the primitive power of objects, Mir 's works unfold their magical dimension alongside movements and theories. The art critic and founder of Cahiers d'Art, Christian Zervos never stopped following and defending the work of this unclassifiable artist, "the most lyrical painter of his time" and "the most important post cubist artist". Mir is indeed present in Cahiers d'Art from the first year of its existence, 1926, utill the last, 1960. He drew many covers and his famous stencil "Help Spain " (Aidez l'Espagne ) was published in the No. 4-5 of the 1937 issue of the Cahiers d'Art revue. This issue of the new revue, under the direction of R mi Labrusse, revisits the relationship between Mir and Cahiers d'Art through an anthology of the most beautiful texts published in the revue. It also provides insight into the great originality of Mir 's primitivism and a discovery of two collections of the artist: the objects that filled his studio, and the unpublished paintings that he added into certain books in his library. An essay by lisa Sclaunick is dedicated to Mir 's unpublished correspondence with writer Jacques Dupin. A text by Jean-Louis Cohen pays tribute to the architect Jos -Luis Sert who created the buildings of the Palma studio and the Barcelona Foundation, while Rosa Maria Mallet returns to the history of the Mir Foundation. Lastly, four artists complete the revue with a contemporary counterpoint: the Spanish Miquel Barcel , the English Helen Marten, the South Korean Koo Jong A and the Czech Karel Malich.

Inaugurating a landmark publication project on the drawings of one of America's greatest architectsThis catalog--the first of eight planned volumes that will critically present the entire oeuvre of Toronto-born, Los Angeles-based architect Frank Gehry (born 1929) using his sketches as the primary graphic material--includes texts and high-quality images of individual works and preparatory drawings. The book explores the beginning of Gehry's conceptual thinking and his progression from paper architecture to poststructuralism. Pritzker Award-winning architect Frank Gehry is the quintessential "stararchitect" he was the subject of a Sydney Pollack documentary, Sketches of Frank Gehry, and Vanity Fair ran a cover story labeling him "the most important architect of our age." His irreverent buildings, often incorporating swooping walls made of aluminum, titanium or stainless steel, are world-renowned attractions, and his iconic design for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao made both Gehry and the Basque city world-famous. This first catalogue raisonn of drawings was written by architecture scholar Jean-Louis Cohen in direct collaboration with Gehry. Cohen is one of the world's leading experts on modern architecture, and the Sheldon H. Solow Chair for the History of Architecture at New York University's Institute for Fine Arts. His numerous books include Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes.

Die 1945 zu weiten Teilen zerstörte Stadt Mainz wollten die französischen Besatzer unmittelbar nach Kriegsende zu einem französisch geprägten Mayence aufbauen. Für diese Aufgabe wurde Marcel Lods berufen, Verfechter einer funktionalistischen Moderne, dessen deutsch-französisches Architektenteam auch Überlegungen aus der Zeit vor 1945 in den Aufbauplan einfließen ließ. Als Antwort auf die ablehnende Haltung der lokalen Bevölkerung – aber auch einiger französischer Militärs – beauftragte die Stadt Mainz Paul Schmitthenner mit einem Projekt, das den historischen Charakter der Stadt stärker bewahren sollte. Beide Projekte scheiterten zwar, doch blieb Mainz bis weit in die 1950er Jahre Schauplatz einer exemplarischen Konfrontation zweier sich unversöhnlich bekämpfender Tendenzen innerhalb der europäischen Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts, wie sie an keinem anderen Ort in dieser Schärfe und mit dieser fachlichen Kompetenz ausgetragen wurde. Als Ergebnis jahrzehntelanger Forschungen bietet dieses Buch erstmalig eine systematische Aufarbeitung dieser umfassenden Planungen und ihrer zeitgeschichtlichen Hintergründe.

A spectacular visual biography of the life and work of Le Corbusier – one of the twentieth century's most influential architects A decade after its first publication, the bestselling monograph Le Corbusier Le Grand is finally available in a new paperback edition. Documenting the life and work of one of the giants of twentieth-century architecture and design, the book presents an array of sketches, photographs, and correspondences, charting the vast and varied output of Le Corbusier, an artist who continues to fascinate those inside and outside the architectural world.

The most thoroughgoing survey of nearly all of Le Corbusier's extant projects, beautifully photographed and authoritatively detailed Le Corbusier is widely acknowledged as the most influential architect of the twentieth century. As extensively researched and documented as his works are, however, they have never been exhaustively surveyed in photographs until now. Photographer Richard Pare has crossed the globe for years to document the extant works of Le Corbusier - from his first villas in Switzerland to his mid-career works in his role as the first global architect in locations as far-flung as Argentina and Russia, and his late works, including his sole North American project, at Harvard University, and an extensive civic plan for Chandigarh, India. Le Corbusier: The Built Work provides numerous views of each project to bring a fuller understanding of the architect's command of space, sometimes surprising use of materials and color, and the almost ineffable qualities that only result from a commanding synthesis of all aspects of design. With an authoritative text by scholar and curator Jean-Louis Cohen, Le Corbusier: The Built Work is a groundbreaking opportunity to appreciate the master's work anew.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe gehörte zu den führenden Persönlichkeiten in der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts und ist für Architekten und viele andere, die sich der Tradition der Moderne verpflichtet haben, eine Schlüsselfigur. Mit wissenschaftlich fundierten Texten und opulentem Plan- und Fotomaterial zeichnet das Buch die facettenreiche Entwicklung seines Werkes nach: Die ersten Berliner Bauten, seine Villenprojekte und Tätigkeit am Bauhaus in den dreißiger Jahren sowie die amerikanischen Projekte der Nachkriegszeit. Jean-Louis Cohen, bis 2003 Direktor des Institut français d’architecture und zur Zeit Professor an der New York University, hat einen etablierten Ruf als international führender Architekturhistoriker. Seine umfassende Perspektive macht das Buch zu einer verlässlichen Einführung in das Werk Mies van der Rohes.

Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887–1965) is widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20th century. From private villas to mass social housing projects, his radical ideas, designs, and writings presented a whole-scale reinvention not only of individual structures, but of entire concepts of modern living. Le Corbusier’s work made distinct developments over the years, from early vernacular houses in Switzerland through dazzling white, purist villas to dynamic syntheses of art and architecture such as the chapel at Ronchamp and the civic buildings in Chandigarh, India. A hallmark throughout was his ability to combine functionalist aspirations with a strong sense of expressionism, as well as a broader and empathetic understanding of urban planning. He was a founding member of the Congrès international d’architecture moderne (CIAM), which championed “architecture as a social art.” This book presents some of Le Corbusier’s landmark projects to introduce an architect, thinker, and modern pioneer who, even in his unrealized projects, offered discussion and inspiration for generations to come.

The career and built works of this enigmatic and fascinating architect are carefully charted from his early work on housing design and high-rise offices in Berlin to his later and most famous work in Chicago, Detroit, Montreal and New York. Original illustrations from the architect's archives complement the excellent text. Spon's ARCHITECTURE COLLECTION presents the work of historic and contemporary masters of architecture in clear well-illustrated text, accessible to non-specialists. This appealing series of monographs, now available in English, is launched by books on two great historic figures of the century, Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe and two award-winning contemporary architects, Sir Norman Foster and Alvaro Siza.

Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887–1965) is widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20th century. From private villas to mass social housing projects, his radical ideas, designs, and writings presented a whole-scale reinvention not only of individual structures, but of entire concepts of modern living. Le Corbusier’s work made distinct developments over the years, from early vernacular houses in Switzerland through dazzling white, purist villas to dynamic syntheses of art and architecture such as the chapel at Ronchamp and the civic buildings in Chandigarh, India. A hallmark throughout was his ability to combine functionalist aspirations with a strong sense of expressionism, as well as a broader and empathetic understanding of urban planning. He was a founding member of the Congrès international d’architecture moderne (CIAM), which championed “architecture as a social art.” This book presents some of Le Corbusier’s landmark projects to introduce an architect, thinker, and modern pioneer who, even in his unrealized projects, offered discussion and inspiration for generations to come.

Here, Jacob Brillhart excavates the “visual thinking” of the twentieth century’s pioneer architect, reproducing a selection of 175 drawings from the early sketchbooks of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, whom we now know as Le Corbusier. Between 1907 and 1911, Jeanneret studied in Switzerland and travelled through Europe and the East, filling sketchbooks with exquisitely detailed drawings. Brillhart provides a physical and intellectual map for students, travellers and lovers of art and architecture. The first book to provide a succinct collection of Jeanneret’s drawings, some of which are previously unpublished, Voyage Le Corbusier encourages a new generation to learn to see.

Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887–1965) is widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20th century. From private villas to mass social housing projects, his radical ideas, designs, and writings presented a whole-scale reinvention not only of individual structures, but of entire concepts of modern living. Le Corbusier’s work made distinct developments over the years, from early vernacular houses in Switzerland through dazzling white, purist villas to dynamic syntheses of art and architecture such as the chapel at Ronchamp and the civic buildings in Chandigarh, India. A hallmark throughout was his ability to combine functionalist aspirations with a strong sense of expressionism, as well as a broader and empathetic understanding of urban planning. He was a founding member of the Congrès international d’architecture moderne (CIAM), which championed “architecture as a social art.” This book presents some of Le Corbusier’s landmark projects to introduce an architect, thinker, and modern pioneer who, even in his unrealized projects, offered discussion and inspiration for generations to come.