089044
Birkhäuser Publishers - Fondation Le Corbusier
Paris - Basel - Boston - Berlin
1999
12×22
meki
187
engleski
francuski
Price: 18,00 EUR
This bilingual (French-English) monograph by the prominent architect and professor Jacques Sbriglio is a major, comprehensive work dedicated to Villa Savoye in Poissy, built between 1928 and 1931. Created in direct collaboration with the Paris-based Fondation Le Corbusier, the book possesses high documentary and scholarly authenticity. Throughout the text, the author provides a detailed analysis of the villa as an absolute manifesto of modernism, where Le Corbusier fully applied his famous "five points of modern architecture" in practice: pilotis (columns), roof gardens, the free plan, horizontal windows, and the free facade. The book chronologically traces the genesis of the project, relations with the clients, challenges during construction, and the later complex history of the restoration of this world heritage monument. Special emphasis is placed on the concept of the "architectural promenade" (promenade architecturale) through an analysis of the ramps and staircases that connect the spaces. The volume is exceptionally rich in visual material, containing historical black-and-white photographs from official archives, high-resolution contemporary shots, as well as precise technical drawings, floor plans, sections, and original sketches by Le Corbusier. Due to its comprehensiveness and prestigious publisher (Birkhäuser), this is an indispensable read and a sought-after collector's item for architects, art historians, and researchers of 20th-century modern architecture.
