Le Corbusier, the City of Refuge, Paris 1929/33 / by Brian Brace Taylor ; with an introduction by Kenneth Frampton.
By: Taylor, Brian Brace
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BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987Description: xiii, 185 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0226791343.Subject(s): Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation | Cite ́de refuge (Paris, France) | Salvation Army -- France -- Paris -- Buildings | Asylums -- France -- Paris | Paris (France) -- Buildings, structures, etcDDC classification: 725.55
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 725.55 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | In transit from MTU Cork School of Music Library to MTU Cork Centre Architectural Education since 24/11/2025 | 00151952 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The City of Refuge complex--commissioned by the Salvation Army as part of its program to transform social outcasts into spiritually renewed workers--represents a significant confluence of design principles, technological experiments, and attitudes on reform. It also provides rare insights into the work of one of the twentieth century's greatest architects, Le Corbusier.
Brian Brace Taylor draws on extensive archival research to reconstruct each step of the architect's attraction to the commission, his design process and technological innovations, the social and philosophical compatibility of the Salvation Army with Le Corbusier's own ideas for urban planning, and finally, the many modifications required, first to eliminate defects and later to accommodate changes in the services the building provided. Throughout, Taylor focuses on Le Corbusier's environmental, technological, and social intentions as opposed to his strictly formal intentions. He shows that the City of Refuge became primarily a laboratory for the architect's own research and not simply a conventional solution to residents' requirements or the Salvation Army's program.
"Previously published as: La Citâe de refuge di Le Corbusier 1929/33 (Rome : Officina Edizioni, 1978) and Le Corbusier, la Citâe de refuge, Paris 1929/33 (Paris : Equerre, 1980)"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography: p. 179-185.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface Introduction
- 1 A Sacred Asylum
- The ""Grand Scheme"" of General Booth
- The Salvation Army in France Ideological Sympathies between Le Corbusier and the Salvation Army
- 2 The Project and its Variations Typological Precedents Finances and the Choice of an Architect Conception of the Project Design Phases
- The Four Preliminary Projects Definitive Proposal Alterations Due to Regulations
- 3 A ""Progressive"" Building Site?
- The Structure of the Citeacute;
- The Curtain-Wall Glass Bricks Ceram