Title & Author:

Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret : restoration of the Clarté building, Geneva / Office du patrimoine et des sites, Genève ; preface: Jean-Pierre Duport ; editor: Sabine Nemec-Piguet.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2016]
©2016

Description:

175 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 24 x 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
The Clarté building: reflections on the historical context : The historical context of the Clarté site: Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret / Catherine Courtiau -- "A milestone of modern architecture ... : The Clarté building in the creations of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret / Arthur Rüegg -- The restoration in question : Lessons of a rehabilitation / Bernard Zumthor -- The restoration of the Clarté building: an introduction / Jacques-Louis de Chambrier -- Building plans, historical plans, restoration plans -- The restoration of 2007-2011: at the heart of the work / Sabine Nemec-Piguet, Marielle Savoyat : Introduction ; The site installation ; The roof ; The balconies ; The metal facades and windows ; The roller blinds and their enclosures ; Masonry and reinforced concrete ; Travertine cladding ; The glass bricks ; The technical services ; The communal areas ; Colours -- Annexes : Chronology ; Regulations for co-owners 2008 ; Excerpts from the inventory undertaken by the firm of architects Laurent Chenu ; Principles for conservation on interior areas: rules of intervention for the owner's attention ; Construction of 1931-1932 ; Restoration project of 2007-2011 ; Biographical notes.

Summary:

The book describes the story of Clarte, Le Corbusier's first apartment building. The steel skeleton building, completed in Geneva in 1930/1932, is a prototype of the Moderne style and a precursor of the Unite d'Habitation. The building was neglected for many decades and not listed as a historic building until the 1990s. In 2007 the external envelope was repaired as the first step, followed by refurbishment of the interior, in which building preservation requirements were taken into account in an exemplary manner. The building log book by the architects and structural engineers is illustrated with numerous new and historic drawings and photographs, and has been supplemented with an account of the building's history. The renovated building is presented in large photographs.

ISBN:

9783035609615 (English edition ; hd. bd.)
3035609616 (English edition ; hd. bd.)

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Jeanneret, Pierre, 1896-1967.
Immeuble Clarté (Geneva, Switzerland)
Apartment houses Switzerland Geneva.
Architecture, Domestic Switzerland Geneva.
Functionalism (Architecture) Switzerland Geneva.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Fonctionnalisme (Architecture) Suisse Genève.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Apartment houses.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture, Modern.
Buildings.
Functionalism (Architecture)
Geneva (Switzerland) Buildings, structures, etc.
Switzerland Geneva.

Added entries:

Duport, Jean-Pierre, 1942- author of preface.
Nemec-Piguet, Sabine, editor.
Geneva (Switzerland : Canton). Office du patrimoine et des sites, issuing body.

Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294038
Call No.: BIB 239347
Status: Available