Research collection on Le Corbusier, 1910-1984 (bulk).

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Research collection on Le Corbusier, 1910-1984 (bulk).

The Le Corbusier Research Collection was established by José Luis Sert, Dean of the Graduate School of Design, in 1972. The bulk of the collection consists of printed and visual materials by and about Le Corbusier. Includes about 750 35 mm. slides of Le Corbusier drawings and designs, exhibits of his works and of structures he designed such as the Carpenter Center at Harvard; 2 microfilms; architectural sketches, plans and elevations of Carpenter Center; catalogs and posters of Le Corbusier exhibitions and prints of his graphic works; bibliographies and approximately 500 books, including translations of works by Le Corbusier.

ca. 1,500 items.

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Le Corbusier, 1887-1965

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Architect. Le Corbusier, born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, adopted pseudonym Le Corbusier, 1920. Studied engraving at School of Applied Arts, La Chaux de Fonds, 1900-1905. Employed in office of architect Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, in 1907; August Perret, Paris, and with Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe, Berlin, in 1910. Founder-Director, L'Atelier d'Art Réunis, La Chaux de Fonds, 1909-1914, and Instructor, l'Eplattenier's Nouvelle Section de l'Ecole d'Art, La Chaux de Fonds, 1911-1914; also work...

Carpenter center for the visual arts

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The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts opened in 1963 in a building designed by Le Corbusier. The Center offers a concentration on visual and environmental studies. From the description of Records of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 1958- (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972705 The Carpenter Center is located between the Faculty Club and the Fogg Art Museum on Quincy Street. Construction was financed by Alfred St. Vrain Carpenter '05 and by the Program ...