Le Corbusier : le Couvent Sainte Marie de La Tourette = the Monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette / Philippe Potié.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Potié, Philippe.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette (L'Arbresle, France).

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.

Le Corbusier.

Dominican monasteries--France--L'Arbresle.

Dominican monasteries.

Buildings--France--L'Arbresle.

Buildings.

France--L'Arbresle.

Physical Description:

136 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Edition:

Bilingual original edition.

Other Title:

Le Corbusier : the Monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette

Place of Publication:

Boston : Birkhauser-Verlag, 2001.

Summary:

In 1952 Le Corbusier was commissioned "to dwell in the silence of men of prayer and study and to construct a church for them." The result was his impressive Convent of La Tourette, marking a significant step in modern religious architecture. Beginning with the rectangular form common to the Cirstercian monastic tradition, he created a building whose stark form contrasts beautifully with the organic elements of the interior court and the grasslands surrounding it. The church itself is a model of simplicity, the cement has been left rough and the well located sources of light evoke a feeling of silence and reflection. The order's precept of prayer, study and reflection is aptly mirrored in the architecture. Like the other Le Corbusier Guides published by BirkhC$user, this volume provides a wealth of plans, details, photographs and information on this building which today is also a conference centre.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3764362987

OCLC:

249275860