Le Corbusier S Maison Curutchet

One of his very few built projects in the Americas, Maison Curutchet is a fascinating representation of Le Corbusier's stylistic transitional period, bridging his late 1920s purism and the maturity of his later work in India. Like Casa Malaparte, this book offers an in-depth analysis of a single building through original documents, drawings, and photographs.

One of his very few built projects in the Americas, Maison Curutchet is a fascinating representation of Le Corbusier's stylistic transitional period, bridging his late 1920s purism and the maturity of his later work in India. Like Casa Malaparte, this book offers an in-depth analysis of a single building through original documents, drawings, and photographs.

"Bien qu'il n'ait jamais été construit, pas même en maquette, et même à peine dessiné, l'Immeuble-villas tient un rôle central dans la stratégie développée dans les années 1920 par Le Corbusier pour accéder à la commande et à la reconnaissance. Imaginé en 1922 pour le Salon d'automne, ce projet lui sert d'abord de maillon pour compléter une démonstration qui articule sa maison Citrohan à son plan d'urbanisme d'Une Ville de trois millions d'habitants. En décrétant que les îlots de son plan seront conçus par la simple superposition de maisons construites "en série", il peut rassembler ses prises de positions antérieures sur l'architecture et l'urbanisme en une théorie unique, dont il feint de maîtriser toutes les échelles et toutes les implications techniques. Avec l'Immeuble-villas Le Corbusier met au point bien plus qu'un nouveau style de vie ou une technique de construction : il invente un mode de communication qui lui permet d'inscrire l'ensemble de ses projets dans le récit qui en organise la cohérence. Ce qu'il tait dans ses publications de ses difficultés pour concrétise son projet avec des industriels montre à quel point son positionnement public celui d'un architecte conscient des bouleversements techniques et économiques de son temps, qui entend entretenir avec l'industrie une collaboration étroite mai maîtrisée dans laquelle il reste maître du jeu et exerce en toute autonomie est construit sur une aporie, non résolue, entre l'architecture comme oeuvre et la maison comme produit."--P. [4] of cover.

This is the first book to give such close attention to Le Corbusier's approach to the making of buildings. It illustrates the ways in which Le Corbusier's details were expressive of his overall philosophical intentions. It is not a construction book in the usual sense- rather it focusses on the meaning of detail, on the ways in which detail informs the overall architectural narrative of a building. Well illustrated and containing several specially prepared scaled drawings it acts as timely reminder to both students and architects of the possibilities inherent in the most small scale tectonic gestures.

The Le Corbusier Guide has been a favourite of architects since it was first published over 10 years ago. This edition has been completely updated and features photographs, plans, and precise descriptions of Le Corbusier's great architectural edifices. It includes a complete index and introduction, making it the perfect reference for the scholar, student, or tourist.

Villa le Lac, which was designated a World Heritage in 2016, was designed and built by Le Corbusier as Geneva lakeside home for his parents in 1925. Because of its spare arrangement of spaces, he referred to it as a “dwelling machine.” Even today it remains the modern prototype of the “small house” that fulfills all of the functions of a residence with a minimum of floor area and seamless transitions between spaces. For the first time, this book is appearing in three separate language editions, following the original edition in which Le Corbusier documented the history of the building: with photographs, sketches and a poetic text. Access to the original photographs allowed the quality of the illustrations in this edition to be improved significantly.

This exceptional Complete Works edition documents the enormous spectrum in the oeuvre of one of the most influential architects of the 20th Century. Published between 1929 and 1970, in close collaboration with Le Corbusier himself, and frequently reprinted ever since, the eight volumes comprise an exhaustive and singular survey of his work.

The villa known as Maison Blanche is one of Le Corbusier's early masterworks. He created this complete work of architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design art for his parents. At first glance it may seem to stand in the classicist tradition, but its details already divulge the beginnings of Le Corbusier's personal architectural language. After standing empty for years, the building was purchased by a specially formed association, which established an interdisciplinary commission to oversee its restoration by the architect Pierre Minder. As the house was freed from later changes and additions and the garden returned to its original condition, the young Le Corbusier's intellectual workshop gradually came into view. The practicability of these measures was carefully determined with a feasibility study conducted on the basis of reports and archival studies. Together with the discoveries made during construction, new color photographs, and the precise reconstruction plans, this material now serves as the basis for this magnificent monograph.