A little house, 1923 / Le Corbusier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corbusier, Le, 1887-1965, author.

Contributor:

Fondation Le Corbusier,, Editor.

Morel-Journel, Guillemette.

Standardized Title:

Petite maison, 1923. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965--Homes and haunts--Switzerland--Vevey.

Le Corbusier.

Villa "Le Lac" (Corseaux, Switzerland).

Small houses--Switzerland.

Small houses.

Architecture, Domestic--Switzerland.

Architecture, Domestic.

Architect-designed houses--Switzerland--Vevey.

Architect-designed houses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 pages) : illustrations (some colour)

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Villa le Lac, which was designated a World Heritage in 2016, was designed and built by Le Corbusier as Geneva lakeside home for his parents in 1925. Because of its spare arrangement of spaces, he referred to it as a “dwelling machine.” Even today it remains the modern prototype of the “small house” that fulfills all of the functions of a residence with a minimum of floor area and seamless transitions between spaces. For the first time, this book is appearing in three separate language editions, following the original edition in which Le Corbusier documented the history of the building: with photographs, sketches and a poetic text. Access to the original photographs allowed the quality of the illustrations in this edition to be improved significantly.

Contents:

Frontmatter

A LITTLE HOUSE

THE LITTLE HOUSE

HOUSES TOO CATCH THE WHOOPING-COUGH

DRAWINGS FROM THE YEAR 1945

THE CRIME

CONTENT

Afterword

Notes:

Translation of: Une petite maison, 1923. Zurich : Girsberger, 1954.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 12, 2022)

ISBN:

3-0356-2069-5

9783035620696

3035620695

OCLC:

1153540912