Book “An architectural masterpiece”, Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé, Renzo Piano

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From its origins to modern times, ‘An architectural masterpiece’ unveils the rich history of the Hill Notre-Dame du Haut

 

 

Book “An architectural masterpiece”, Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé, Renzo Piano

17,00 

A rich body of iconography, comprising around a hundred photographs, accompanies the words of Nicolas Boffy, PhD in art history, with contributions from Matthieu Fantoni, Tetsuyu Shiraishi, Jean Pattinson, père Axel Isabey, sœur Brigitte de Singly, and Richard Duplat.
96 pages

Extract from the table of contents

Introduction
An ancient place of worship

Notre-Dame du Haut Chapel
Commissioning Le Corbusier
Climbing the hill
The wonder of the landscape and the cosmos
The chapel’s technical principles
The construction project
The inauguration of the chapel
The south façade
The east façade
The north and west façades
The shell
Inside the chapel
Artistic synthesis
Light and windows
Paintings

Around the chapel

The pyramid and the houses
The interiors of the two houses
The campanile
Tourists and pilgrims at Ronchamp

Sainte Claire Monastery and the gatehouse

The commission given to RPBW
Designing the monastery
The construction project
The gatehouse
The Poor Clare sisters
Sainte Claire Monastery
The sisters’ oratory
Atelier Corajoud at work

The present and future
The site today
The chapel and its place in history
UNESCO World Heritage
An ailing building
Restoration and preservation for the future

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