Le Corbusier - Les Villas La Roche-Jeanneret / The Villas La Roche-Jeanneret

by Jacques Sbriglio

le Corbusier: "La Roche, when one owns such a splendid art collection as yours, one must construct a house that does it honour." - La Roche: "Very well then, build this house for me." This was the genesis of the Villa La Roche (1923-1925), a brilliant synthesis of residence and private gallery, as recounted by the Swiss banker and collector of Cubist art, Raoul la Roche. The developmental leap which Le Corbusier made in his architecture and the liberty...

• Format: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 376435433X
• ISBN13: 9783764354336
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 8.6"