Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Couvent Sainte Marie de La Tourette
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| Other authors / contributors: | Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Parsons, Sarah, translator.
Fondation Le Corbusier.
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| ISBN: | 9783035603149
3035603146
9783764362980
3764362987
3764362987
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references.
In French with parallel English translation.
Online resource; title from pdf title page (De Gruyter, viewed November 24, 2018).
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| 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 Birkhäuser, this volume provides a wealth of plans, details, photographs and information on this building which today is also a conference centre."--Provided by publisher.
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| Other form: | print 9783764362980
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| Standard no.: | 10.1515/9783035603149
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