Graf, Franz, 1958- author.

The many lives of apartment-studio Le Corbusier : 1931-2014 / Franz Graf and Giulia Marino.

First edition.

Lausanne : EPFL Press, an Imprint by the Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, [2022]

185 pages, 15 unnumbered pages : many illustrations (partly color) ; 28 cm.

Le Corbusier's apartment-studio is an iconic object of the twentieth century, combining the indisputable material values of the building with the intangible "sense of place" of an architect's home. Le Corbusier, who lived there from 1934 until his death in 1965, treated it as a permanent construction site--a unique place of spatial, plastic and constructional experimentation. Phases of change at "24NC" are overlaid as a palimpsest, and the apartment's "many lives" create major philosophical problems for conservation. A study of its material history over time reveals a simple fact: the "stratigraphy" itself, hard to unscramble yet rich in meaning, is key to the object's importance. This first monograph on the apartment-studio, richly illustrated with largely unpublished visual material, presents research undertaken by the authors for the Fondation Le Corbusier during preparatory investigations for the program of restoration.

9782889154845 English edition hardbound
288915484X

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Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Criticism and interpretation.
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Architectural studios France Paris.
Historic buildings Conservation and restoration France Paris.
Ateliers d'architecture France Paris.
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Homes
Paris (France) Buildings, structures, etc.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Pictorial works
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Marino, Giulia, author.

Location: Library main 318563
Call No.: 318563
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