L.C. (Louis Christiaan) Kalff materials relating to the Philips Pavilion at the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 1955-1958.

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L.C. (Louis Christiaan) Kalff materials relating to the Philips Pavilion at the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 1955-1958.

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Designed by Le Corbusier and his collaborator Iannis Xenakis, the Pavillon Philips was based on the idea of L.C. Kalff. There remains some question as to whether Xenakis or Le Corbusier should receive credit for the design of the building. The pavilion, which was ultimately declared unstable and destroyed, was designed as a shell structure composed entirely of prestressed concrete in the form of hyperbolic paraboloids individually cast to fit a complex framework of steel cables. The expressed object of the pavilion was to demonstrate the capabilities of modern technology in engineering, electro-acoustics, electronics, and automatic control techniques. The building was designed and equipped for an automatic performance of a spectacle in light and sound entitled "le poeme electronique" which was conceived and written by Le Corbusier and included the music of Edgard Varese. The collection includes correspondence, architectural drawings, photographs, color slides, painted glass plates and a script for "le poeme electronique."

ca. 5 lin. ft. (ca. 400 items)

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General art director of Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken. From the description of L.C. (Louis Christiaan) Kalff materials relating to the Philips Pavilion at the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, 1955-1958. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 145998235 ...

Exposition universelle et internationale (1910 : Brussels, Belgium)

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Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965

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American composer of French origin; compositions of the 1920s used rhythmic complexity, atonality and themes not based on harmonic progression. He was interested in electric instruments and composed pieces with sounds on tape. From the description of Autograph letters to François Bernouard, 1907-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872672 American composer of French origin; compositions of the 1920s used rhythmic complexity, atonality and themes not based on harmonic pro...

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