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Le Corbusier. Le Couvent Sainte Marie de La Tourette / The Monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9783764362980 Author(s): Philippe Potie Format: Paperback Year: 2001 Edition: 1st Publisher: Birkhauser Dimensions: 121 x 219 x 9 (w x l x h) Pages: 136 Series: Le Corbusier Guides

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Description: In cooperation with FLC, Paris A guide to the convent Sainte Marie de la Tourette near Lyon: a masterpiece of modern ecclesiastical architecture. 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. This guide provides a wealth of plans, details, photographs and information on this building which today is also a conference centre.

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