Le Corbusier. Le Couvent Sainte Marie de La Tourette / The Monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette
Le Corbusier. Le Couvent Sainte Marie de La Tourette / The Monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette

Author: Philippe Potié

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Published: 2015-04-24

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 3035603146

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in 1952 Le Corbusier was commissioned "to dwell in the silence of men of prayer and study and to construct a church for them". The result was his impressive Convent of La Tourette, marking a significant step in modern religious architecture. Beginning with the rectangular form common to the Cirstercian monastic tradition, he created a building whose stark form contrasts beautifully with the organic elements of the interior court and the grasslands surrounding it. The church itself is a model of simplicity, the cement has been left rough and the well located sources of light evoke a feeling of silence and reflection. The order s precept of prayer, study and reflection is aptly mirrored in the architecture. Like the other Le Corbusier Guides published by Birkhäuser, this volume provides a wealth of plans, details, photographs and information on this building which today is also a conference centre.

Catalogue
Catalogue

Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. Library

Publisher:

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 738

ISBN-13:

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Le Corbusier: the Chapel at Ronchamp
Le Corbusier: the Chapel at Ronchamp

Author: Danièle Pauly

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1997-10-01

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9783764357597

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The pilgrimage church Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp (1950–54), an icon of modern architecture, represents one of the central buildings of Le Corbusier’s late period. Like all the guides in this series, this book is indispensable both for a specialist audience and for tourists interested in architecture and modern art.

CORBUSIER, LE
CORBUSIER, LE

Author: Marylène Ferrand

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9783764358082

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In 1923/24, Henry Fruges - an industrialist from Bordeaux decided to commission Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret with a "small workers' housing estate" in Lege and a garden city in Pessac, comprising 130 to 150 houses and shops. The construction of these two housing schemes between 1924 and 1926 fitted neatly into the architects' research on the machine a habiter and standardisation. Lege and Pessac thus acted as a laboratory for gauging the public's opinion with regards to applying standardisation and mass-production techniques to housing estates. This quest for a standard plan also induced exploratory study on "a new plan for the city" and it is in this respect that Pessac stands unique among Le Corbusier's oeuvres.

Apartment Block 24 N. C. and LeCorbusier's Home
Apartment Block 24 N. C. and LeCorbusier's Home

Author: Jacques Sbriglio

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 9783764354329

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Annotation The residence at 24 rue Nungesser et Coli in Paris was built in 1931-34 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. It was precisely this building which gave exemplary expression to Le Corbusier's "Cinq points de l'architecture moderne."