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Le Corbusier, by design Finishing famed architect's church 40 years after conception
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Jan Otakar Fischer
International Herald Tribune
05-12-2005
Le Corbusier was one of the 20th century's most important architects, whose cerebral and provocative designs are still poorly understood by most non-architects. In his effort to shape a better social order through functionalist forms and techniques, he didn't often make room for organized religion. He designed only three religious structures, all in France, and just two of these were realized: the pilgrimage chapel at Ronchamp and the monastic college of La Tourette.The third, the church of Saint-Pierre de Firminy, celebrated its ...
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Le Corbusier the life of forms: 'the time of history ... a sea occupied by innumerable forms of a finite number of types.'.(history)(In memoriam)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review
; ...single key to the enigmatic world of Le Corbusier. As well as being an architect and an...reminiscences of an idealised past. Le Corbusier is a figure of vast historical dimensions...point of origin. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Le Corbusier's buildings communicate before they...
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Le Corbusier and Britain; an anthology.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; 9780415479943 Le Corbusier and Britain; an anthology. Ed. by...NA1053 The architectural design of Le Corbusier (1887-1969) influenced public building...Fifties, to the work and philosophy of Le Corbusier. The essays, by people as diverse...
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Becoming Corbusier: a recent exhibition traced the development of this seminal 20th-century figure from provincial designer to modern architectural master. (Architecture).
Magazine article from: Art in America
; ...the extraordinary world of the acrobat was how Le Corbusier referred to himself, describing his profession...imperative. How did he do it? The exhibition Le Corbusier Before Le Corbusier, recently seen at the Bard Graduate Center for...
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Urban planning/utopian dreaming: Le Corbusier's Chandigarh today *. (Essays).
Magazine article from: Utopian Studies
; ...to each and every member of society. (Le Corbusier, The Radiant City 143) The critique...deserved as can be seen in the use of Le Corbusier's Radiant City as a model for many public...Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier: Many people dream of a better world...
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Concrete poetry.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review
; LE CORBUSIER ARCHITECT OF BOOKS 1912-1965 By Catherine...appears to have been made by cutting Le Corbusier's original jacket designs into ribbons...one to hide his light under a bushel, Le Corbusier claimed to have written and designed...
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Architecture and the car: as the automobile evolved in tandem with modern architecture, it created myths, legends and new building types.(comment)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review
; ...architect Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier, who was, as his Vers Une Architecture...aircraft and automobiles. For the young Le Corbusier, a house was a 'machine for living in...affair was mutual. Voison became one of Le Corbusier's early patrons, paying, for example...
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A Machine for reading.(Toward an Architecture)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review
; LE CORBUSIER: TOWARD AN ARCHITECTURE Introduction...Frederick Etchells' translation of Le Corbusier's groundbreaking Vers une Architecture...is like no other.' Now it was.Given Le Corbusier's insistence on checking typesetting...
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First Tokyo, then the world: one of Japan's most influential families has some very big plans, but will they fly?
Magazine article from: Japan Inc.
; ...s vision for Tokyo is closely related to Le Corbusier's vision for cities. Le Corbusier born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris in La...controversial architects of the 20th century. Le Corbusier was also an avid writer, sculptor and city...
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Chandigarh: once the future city. (Place).
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review
; ...Rio, Algiers, Saint Die and Bogota, Le Corbusier, at the age of 62, had the rare opportunity...own intricate box of tricks, of which Le Corbusier was the master. Jim Antoniou discusses...decided on the renowned Swiss architect, Le Corbusier, whose name was suggested by the British...
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L'affaire Suisse.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review
; LE CORBUSIER: PAVILLON SUISSE--THE BIOGRAPHY OF...construction and refurbishment of Le Corbusier's Pavillon Suisse--the Swiss house...is later described in the context of Le Corbusier's Radiant City proposals. Zaknic presents...
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