Main entry:

Maak, Niklas.

Title & Author:

Le Corbusier : the architect on the beach / Niklas Maak.

Publication:

Munich : Hirmer, ©2011.

Description:

207 pages : facsimiles, illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207).
The beaches of Modernism -- The other Oeuvre -- Shell passages -- Architecture and literature: the architect as 'poet' -- Le Corbusier and Paul Valéry -- From Palissy to Ronchamp: the prehistory of the architect on the beach and the invention of a new notion of space -- Ronchamp as a philosophical construct -- The architect on the beach and the consequences: a short postscript.
Originally published in German: Munich : Hanser, 2010, under title: Der Architekt am Strand : Le Corbusier und das Geheimnis der Seeschnecke. 9783446234994
In English; translated from the German.

Summary:

The mastermind behind what he termed beautiful and functional "machines for living," Le Corbusier has long been recognized as one of the foremost figures in the international style of architecture. Yet, beginning in the 1940s, the famed architect and urbanist increasingly took modernism in a new direction that has until now been insufficiently considered and little understood. Dispensing with his trademark suit and bowtie, Le Corbusier was spending increasing amounts of time at the shore in the 1940s, collecting stones, shells, and other jetsam, and enjoying the works of the philosopher and ardent shell collector Paul Valéry. And it was here that the seemingly hyper-rational architect developed a revolutionary new theory of design, built around these polished and splintered shapes. Stating that nature was the source of his inspiration, Le Corbusier embarked on a meandering odyssey through the literature and esoteric writings of his day, going on to produce such unorthodox projects as Chandigarh's Palace of Assembly and the strange and beautiful Ronchamp Chapel in Paris, whose roof is said to have been modeled after an inverted crab's shell.

Resources:
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9783777439914
3777439916

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Architects France Biography.
Architecture Philosophy 20th century.
Architectes France Biographies.
Architecture Philosophie 20e siècle.
Architects
Architecture Philosophy
France

Form/genre:

Biographies.
Books.

Added entries:

Architect on the beach

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275050
Call No.: NA44.L433.9 M33 2011
Status: Available