Diagramatic concept studies of the staircore, entrance, pilons, truss, and amphitheatre for the Assembly Hall of the Palace of the League of Nations competition, Geneva, Switzerland

People:

Le Corbusier (role unspecified)

Title:

Diagramatic concept studies of the staircore, entrance, pilons, truss, and amphitheatre for the Assembly Hall 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:

Drawing in ink with graphite on paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 27.0 x 21.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1985:0619

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
section
elevation (drawing)
composite drawing

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

One of five loose sheets of embossed stationery

Inscription:

inscribed - b/ (black ink, top right corner), 1/2/3/4/5 (below, left,graphite), cinq systemes/dedans 1 seul tube/P J S D S V P/7 entrées/ unesalle/statique/déléges/clairement/visibilité (right, in black ink), A47 (graphite, bottom right, 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

Subject Descriptive Terms:

assembly hall

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

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