Le Corbusier was a multi-faceted man, a designer, urbanist and writer and is widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20th century. This book is the first-ever English translation of Le Corbusier's first publication printed in 1912 which was titled "Étude sur le mouvement d’art décoratif en Allemagne".

It reveals fascinating connections in the “Étude” between European history and the biography of the man who was perhaps the most influential architect of the twentieth century.