Documents and publications relating to CIAM, 1927-1959.

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Documents and publications relating to CIAM, 1927-1959.

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Material originating from the archives of Guillaume Jullian de la Fuente relating to Le Corbusier's involvement with CIAM (1928-1959), the competition for the League of Nations in Genève (1927-1929), and other related matters. Includes: letters, notes, handbills, one poster manifesto, CIAM documents (such as programs, minutes, addresses).

ca. 45 items.

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International Congress for Modern Architecture

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The foundation of CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne) in 1928 has been called the beginning of the "academic" phase of modern architecture. In two periods, 1930-1934 and 1950-1956, CIAM was the major instrument through which the ideas of modern architecture and town planning were made known to the world; during the war years it maintained the nucleus of an international network of communications among progressive-minded architects. From the description of Papers of ...

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...