book (design) story #141
le corbusier:
une petite maison
les carnets de la recherche patiente, carnet no. 1; editions girsberger, zürich, 1954
size: 17 x 12 cm
designer: le corbusier
this collection focuses on german-language books, but here we have an exception.
the zürich-based girsberger company published this book written by french-speaking swiss architect le corbusier (= charles jeanneret, 1887-1965) in the author's orginal language.
the small book is about a small house "corbu" had built for his parents in 1923.
le corbusier also designed the book.
there are nice photos ...
and drawings of the house that is ...
near vevey, at the lake of geneva.
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