The document discusses Le Corbusier's views on architecture and some of his key projects. It provides an overview of his belief that architecture should be a "play of volumes brought together in light" using simple geometric forms. It also summarizes some of his major works that explored this idea, including the Villa La Roche and Villa Stein-De Monzie, which featured open floor plans and emphasized structure and light.

1. Architecture is the masterful, correct,
and magnificent play of volumes brought
together in light. Our eyes were made
for seeing forms in light; shadow and
light reveal forms; cubes, cones, spheres,
cylinders and pyramids are the great
primary forms that light reveals well; the
image is clear and tangible for us, without
amibiguity. That is why these are beautiful
forms, the most beautiful forms.
-Toward an Architecture, 1925

2. CONCRETE ELEVATOR COMPANY GRAIN SILO MINNEAPOLIS, MN 1910

5. LE CORBUSIER L’ESPRIT NOUVEAU MAGAZINE COVERS 1923
In the name of the liner, the airplane,
and the automobile, we demanded logic,
boldness, harmony and perfection.
-Toward an Architecture, 1925

6. LE CORBUSIER 1887-1965
STATS: 75 BUILDINGS IN 12 COUNTRIES, 42 CITY PLANNING PROJECTS, 8,000 DRAWINGS, 400 PAINTINGS,
44 SCULPTURES, 27 TAPESTRIES, 34 BOOKS AT 7,000 PAGES, LECTURED AND PENNED OVER 6,500 LETTERS

7. LE CHAUX DE FONDS SWITZERLAND
BIRTHPLACE OF CHARLES-EDOUARD JEANNERET-GRIS

8. ENGRAVED WATCHCASE 1906

9. Charles L’Eplattenier (1874-1946) SWISS PAINTER & ARCHITECT

10. AUGUSTE PERRET 1908 MENTORS PETER BEHRENS 1910

11. SKETCH OF THE ACROPOLIS, ATHENS, GREECE 1911

12. LE CORBUSIER SKETCHES OF THE PARTHENON 1911

13. ACROPOLIS PROCESSION STUDY Ictinus and Callicrates with Phidias 477-38 BC

14. With reinforced concrete you do away
with walls entirely. The floors are borne
by narrow, widely separated posts. The
ground beneath the house is liberated,
the roof is reclaimed, the facade is
completely free. An end to our paralysis.
-ouevre complete: volume I, 1910-29

15. JOSEPH MONIER GERMAN PATENT 1880
PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OBJECTS OF VARIOUS NATURES
FROM A COMBINATION OF METAL RIBS AND CEMENT
1896 FRANCOIS HENNEBIQUE INVENTS MONOLITHIC CONSTRUCTION WITH
REINFORCED CONCRETE AS A FIREPROOF STRUCTURAL SHELL

16. LE CORBUSIER DOMINO THEORY PERSPECTIVE 1914

17. LE CORBUSIER DOMINO THEORY STUDIES 1914

18. LE CORBUSIER DOMINO THEORY HOUSING

19. CHARLES JEANNERET VILLA SCHWOB 1916-17

20. CHARLES JEANNERET VILLA SCHWOB 1916-17

21. CHARLES JEANNERET VILLA SCHWOB SKETCHES 1916-17

22. Architectural emotion: that’s when the
work resounds inside us in tune with a
universe whose laws we are subject to,
recognize and admire. When certain
relationships are achieved, we are
apprehended by the work. Architecture
is a matter of ‘relationships,’ a ‘pure
creation of the mind.’
-Toward an Architecture, 1925

23. CHARLES JEANNERET VILLA SCHWOB VIEWS 1916-17

24. CHARLES JEANNERET VILLA SCHWOB DRAWINGS 1916-17

25. LE CORBUSIER CONCRETE BLOCK CONSULTANT 1917-18 w/MAX DUBOIS

26. LE CORBUSIER WITH AMEDEE OZENFANT ROME, ITALY 1921

27. LE CORBUSIER AND THE BIRTH OF PURISM
STILL LIFE WITH WHITE PITCHER ON BLUE BACKGROND 1920

28. CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: OZENFANT ‘20, CORBU ‘22, ‘20, ‘20

29. Le Corbusier Villa La Roche Sketch Auteuil, France 1923-25

30. Le Corbusier Villa La Roche GALLERY Auteuil, France 1923-25

31. Le Corbusier Villa La Roche GALLERY Auteuil, France 1923-25

32. Le Corbusier Villa La Roche GALLERY Auteuil, France 1923-25

33. Le Corbusier Villa La Roche Auteuil, France 1923-25

34. PLANS Le Corbusier Villa La Roche Auteuil, France 1923-25 3 STORY SPACE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYKkOW-Htq8&NR=1

35. Le Corbusier Villa La Roche SKETCH AXONOMETRIC Auteuil, France 1923-25

36. Le Corbusier Villa La Roche VIEW Auteuil, France 1923-25

37. Le Corbusier Villa La Roche VIEW Auteuil, France 1923-25

38. Le Corbusier Villa La Roche ROOF TERRACE Auteuil, France 1923-25

39. Le Corbusier Villa La Roche UNDER CONSTRUCTION Auteuil, France 1923-25

40. LE CORUSIER VERS UNE ARCHITECTURE 1923

41. L’ESPRIT NOUVEAU LECORBUSIER/OZENFANT EDITORS

42. Le Corbusier L’ESPRIT NOUVEAU PAVILION VIEW PARIS, France 1925
“THE HOUSE IS A MACHINE FOR LIVING IN.”

43. Le Corbusier L’ESPRIT NOUVEAU PAVILION VIEWS PARIS, France 1925

44. INTERIOR VIEW Le Corbusier L’ESPRIT NOUVEAU PAVILION PLANS PARIS, France

45. TYPOLOGIES Le Corbusier VILLA STEIN-DE MONZIE VAUCRESSON, France 1926-28

46. Le Corbusier VILLA STEIN-DE MONZIE DRAWINGS VAUCRESSON, France 1926-28

47. Le Corbusier VILLA STEIN-DE MONZIE APPROACH VAUCRESSON, France 1926-28

48. Le Corbusier VILLA STEIN-DE MONZIE S ELEVATION VAUCRESSON, France 1926-28

49. Le Corbusier VILLA STEIN-DE MONZIE CONSTRUCTION VAUCRESSON, France 1926-28

50. Le Corbusier VILLA STEIN-DE MONZIE N FACADE/ROOFSCAPE VAUCRESSON, France

51. Le Corbusier VILLA STEIN-DE MONZIE VIEWS VAUCRESSON, France 1926-28