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A spectacular visual biography of one of the greatest architects of the 20th century.

Written by an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this authoritative text explores the emotive issues surrounding the commemoration of war and atrocity, and the profound challenges for conservators posed by ‘virtual’, ‘intangible’ and ‘multicultural’ heritage. New international case studies demonstrate that while interest in the memorialisation of the great national upheavals of the last century has never been more acute, many of the problems of conserving the past in diverse and disparate societies remain to be resolved.Aimed primarily at students in heritage studies and professionals in heritage industries, this book is one of three in the Understanding Global Heritage series.

The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple actionable recommendations that, if adopted, would simultaneously lead to healthy and nutritious diets, equitable and inclusive value chains, resilience to shocks and stressors, and climate and environmental sustainability.

The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple actionable recommendations that, if adopted, would simultaneously lead to healthy and nutritious diets, equitable and inclusive value chains, resilience to shocks and stressors, and climate and environmental sustainability.

E. 27 war das Haus, das die irische Architektin und Designerin Eileen Gray für sich und ihren jungen Geliebten, den rumänischen Architekten Jean Badovici, 929 plante und erbaute. Sie entwickelte auch das Mobiliar für das Sommerhaus - der Beistelltisch E. 27 ist heute ein Designklassiker. Die Villa gilt mit ihrer Eleganz und den nautischen Bezügen als Kleinod der Moderne. Auf Einladung Badovicis schuf Freund und Nachbar Le Corbusier dort 945 acht großformatige Wandgemälde - gegen den Willen der Hausherrin, die allerdings zu dem Zeitpunkt das Haus bereits für immer verlassen hatte. Die Publikation stellt die Gemälde vor und erzählt die ungewöhnliche Geschichte. Das Haus an der Côte d'Azur ist seit aufwendigen Sanierungsmaßnahmen seit 2 2 wieder für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Die faszinierenden Fotografien von Manuel Bougot fangen die besondere Atmosphäre der Villa ein Die weniger bekannte Malerei Le Corbusiers war prägend für seine lebenslange Beschäftigung mit der Polychromie Nach der aufwendigen Sanierung bis 2 2 ist die Villa E 27, ebenso wie das Cabanon, wieder zugänglich

In 929, Eileen Gray designed Villa E 27 for herself and her youthful partner Jean Badovici, but only lived there for three years. Today, the elegant house in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in southern France is an icon of modernism. In 937, Le Corbusier discovered the place and the " Maison en Bord de Mer" . Inspired by the genius of the place and the light on the Côte d'Azur, he created a total of five large-format wall paintings there from 938 onwards, some of which complement the building congenially, while others set counterpoints. In 952, he built his Cabanon nearby and decorated it with murals as well. The book by the well-known architectural historian Tim Benton documents Le Corbusier's artwork at this special place and places it in his overall oeuvre. The fascinating photographs by Manuel Bougot capture the special atmosphere of the villa Le Corbusier's painting is lesser known but was formative for his lifelong preoccupation with polychromy After extensive renovation work until 2 2 , E 27, as well as the Cabanon, is open to the public again

In Le Corbusier: Secret Photographer Tim Benton reflects on the famous architect's use of photography, starting with the young Charles-Edouard Jeanneret's attempts to take professional photographs during his travels in central Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, Greece, and Italy. While Le Corbusier always claimed that he saw no virtue in taking photographs, he actually bought three cameras and took several hundred photographs between 1907 and 1917, many of them of publishable quality. In 1936 he acquired a 16mm movie camera and took 120 sequences of film and nearly 6,000 photographs with it. This completely unknown body of material is the basis for the publication. It reveals Le Corbusier to be a sensitive and brilliant manipulator of a range of photographic styles. Le Corbusier: Secret Photographer provides dramatically new insights into Le Corbusier's visual imagination, his changing attitudes towards nature and materials in the 1930s, and his distrust of progress.

Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of his death (August 27, 2015), one of Le Corbusier's most significant books becomes available again in English. The "Precisions", as the book is commonly known, emerged from a spontaneous and exuberant series of 10 lectures Le Corbusier gave in Buenos Aires in 1929, reflecting a new maturity in his thinking. They contain some of his most compelling aphorisms, covering technique as the basis of architecture, the human scale in design, furniture, the private house, apartments and office buildings, the city, the League of Nations competition, teaching architecture.As he spoke, Le Corbusier improvised colour drawings on large sheets of paper. The drawings and lectures are unique in their eloquent and concise summary of his philosophy of architecture and urban design, stating the principles that informed his work from the 1920s on.This new edition for the first time features all of Le Corbusier's drawings in colour. A new essay by British scholar Tim Benton, written for this new edition, contextualises the "Precisions" within Le Corbusier's oeuvre and comments on their lasting significance.