We’re taking on the origin story of (for better or worse) the most important architect of the 20th century — Charles-Edouard Jeanneret aka Le Corbusier. His origins — petit bourgeois, Swiss, provincial — can make his eventual rise to world-enveloping notoriety and era-defining influence seem all the more unlikely. We’re digging into his childhood, family, education and travels as a young man before taking on a couple of early projects.
We discuss —
- La Chaux de Fonds
- Charles L’Eplattanier, his teacher
- Jugendstil & Art Nouveau
Early projects —
- Villa Fallet
- Villas Stotzer & Jacquemet
- Villa Jeanneret
- Villa Favre-Jacot
Travels, and meetings with —
- Otto Wagner
- Josef Hoffmann
- Vienna Secession Building
- Auguste Perret
- Rue Franklin Apartments
- Peter Behrens
- Mount Athos
And a more detailed look at —
- Villa Schwob (including Colin Rowe’s ‘Mannerism and Modern Architecture’)
- Maison Domino
We've been reading —
- Nicholas Fox Weber ‘Le Corbusier: A Life’ (2008)
- Jean-Louis Cohen ‘Le Corbusier: Le Grand’ (2014)
- Oppositions 15-16 (1980)
Music —
The final part of Beethoven’s 9th — the Ode to Joy
An excerpt from —
Mahler: Symphony No. 3: iii. Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast
from archive.org
Britt Brothers — ‘Alpine Milkman Yodel’ (1933) from archive.org
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