Le Corbusier, the noble savage : toward an archaeology of modernism / Adolf Max Vogt ; translated by...
Le Corbusier, the noble savage : toward an archaeology of modernism / Adolf Max Vogt ; translated by...
Le Corbusier, the noble savage : toward an archaeology of modernism / Adolf Max Vogt ; translated by Radka Donnell.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1998.
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N720.92/L467/5
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English
German
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Physical content
xv, 365 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. "The Weight of Things" - Does It Count Longer Than the Name of Things? -- Pt. 2. A Hymn in Praise of Pilotis - and in Praise of Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Pt. 3. The Fisherman's Hut and the Huts of the Crannoges -- Pt. 4. The Swiss Lake-Dwelling Fever -- Pt. 5. LC's Early School Years and Their...
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1998.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
Vogt's investigation of LC's early life and education not only reveals important, previously unacknowledged influences on specific projects such as the League of Nations headquarters and the Villa Savoye, but also suggests why LC throughout his career preferred to lift buildings above the ground, to give them the appearance of "floating." This tend...
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Le Corbusier, the noble savage : toward an archaeology of modernism / Adolf Max Vogt ; translated by Radka Donnell.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
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c1998.
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N720.92/L467/5
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74VMyLGBReNZ
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ISBN
0262220563 (alk. paper)
9780262220569 (alk. paper)
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720.92
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991002080509702626
