Le Corbusier : le Couvent Sainte Marie de La Tourette = the Monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette /

Le Corbusier : le Couvent Sainte Marie de La Tourette = the Monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Potié, Philippe, author.
Imprint:	Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser, [2015] ©2001
Description:	1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English French
Series:	Guides Le Corbusier Guides Le Corbusier.
Subject:	Le Corbusier, -- 1887-1965. Le Corbusier, -- 1887-1965 Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette (L'Arbresle, France) Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette (L'Arbresle, France) Dominican monasteries -- France -- L'Arbresle. Buildings. Dominican monasteries. L'Arbresle (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc. France -- L'Arbresle.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12647087

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Varying Form of Title:	Couvent Sainte Marie de La Tourette
Other authors / contributors:	Le Corbusier, 1887-1965. Parsons, Sarah, translator. Fondation Le Corbusier.
ISBN:	9783035603149 3035603146 9783764362980 3764362987 3764362987
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. In French with parallel English translation. Online resource; title from pdf title page (De Gruyter, viewed November 24, 2018).
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.
Other form:	print 9783764362980
Standard no.:	10.1515/9783035603149

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Orientation Guide = Parcours de visite
History of the Project
History of the Construction Process
The Lesson of the Monastery
Notes
Bibliography = Bibliographie.