Concept diagrams showing the perspective, vehicular circulation and fenestration system in partial elevation of the Palace of the League of Nations competition, Geneva, Switzerland

People:

Le Corbusier (draughtsman)

Title:

Concept diagrams showing the perspective, vehicular circulation and fenestration system in partial elevation of the Palace of the League of Nations competition, Geneva, Switzerland

Date:

December 1929

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

competition drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink with graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 27.0 x 21.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1985:0622

Document Type:

lecture notes

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
section
elevation (drawing)
composite drawing

Inscription:

inscribed - a/ (graphite, top right corner), 280m [arrow]/1 bureau [space] fenetre enlongeur (black ink, lower left corner), y a t-il oui ou non, des/bureaux parfait?/on m'a repondu: la pénombre/convient a la diplomatie/chaque employé [?] ne peut pourtant etre un mazarin[?] (graphite,lower right corner), A49 (graphite, bottom right corner, verso, second hand), (2.2 cm circle formed by COMPAGNIE DE NAVIGATION SUD-ATLANTIQUE encircling plumed bird, embossed in blue ink, right margin)

Location:

Geneva; Switzerland;

Subject:

architecture

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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