history of modern architecture
Parking Garage, rue Ponthieu, 1907 (destructed 1960)
Auguste Perret (1874-1954)
and Gustave Perret (1876-1952)
Paris, France
Le Corbusier worked for Auguste Perret at about this time and learned about new reinforced concrete techniques developed by the Perret brothers.
Le Corbusier, Still Life, 1920, purist painting
Church of Notre Dame du Raincy
(Eglise notre dame de la consolation)
Auguste Perret and Gustave Perret
Le Raincy near Paris, France
1922-23
Example of continued developments in concrete by the Perrets.
Sketch is of Auguste Perret by le Corbusier in 1924 (at or before the Paris Exposition)
section 8 early le corbusier
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Villa Stein-de-Monzie Garches
Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) (1887-1965)
Les Terrasses, France (1926-28)
Concepts - Maison Do-mino
Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) (1887-1965)
Poissy-sur-Seine, France (1929-1930)
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radio Conversation about Le Corbusier's personality
the early villas_several short clips
at the same time as Corbusier's early villas:
Maison de Verre
Pierre Chareau (1883-1950)
Paris, France (1928-1932)
also working at the same time:
Eileen Gray architect and furniture designer (1878-1976)
later and larger work:
Monastery at La Tourette (1956-1960)
Le Corbusier (1887-1965)
Villa Savoye
Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) (1887-1965)
Poissy-sur-Seine, France (1929-1930)
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