Le Corbusier (1887-1965) had no less a goal than to revolutionise architecture and thus society. This book is the first to comprehensively analyse Le Corbusier's reception and impact in Scandinavia, both as an architect and as a visual artist.
The focus is on Le Corbusier's relationship with Asger Jorn (1914-1973), the outstanding representative of experimental expressionism and one of Scandinavia's most important modern artists. Ever since he had worked with Le Corbusier on the Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux at the 1937 World Exhibition in Paris as a student, Jorn had been fascinated by architecture as the most public of all art forms and followed Le Corbusier's work and publications with sustained interest.
In addition to essays on Le Corbusier's work, his influence on Jorn and his attitude towards him, as well as the resonance that Le Corbusier found in Scandinavia in general, the volume also presents contributions on the traces that Le Corbusier left behind in Denmark's architecture and urban planning in the 20th century and on the parallels between him and the Danish architect Jørn Utzon.
