Le Corbusier is well-known for his architectural accomplishments, which have been extensively discussed in literature.　Towards a Public Space instead offers a unique analysis of Le Corbusier's contributions to urban planning.

The public spaces in Le Corbusier's plans are usually considered to break with the past and to have nothing whatsoever in common with the public spaces created before modernism. This view is fostered by both the innovative character of his proposals and　by the proliferation in his manifestos of watchwords that mask any evocation of...