{"product_id":"le-corbusier-s-ahmedabad-millowners-association-building-9783035628692","title":"Le Corbusier’s Ahmedabad Millowners’ Association Building","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mehrdad Hadighi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Birkhauser\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Birkhauser\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Regional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Millowners' Association Building in Ahmedabad, designed by Le Corbusier and completed in 1954, has rarely been published, but is nevertheless considered an important milestone in the architect's work. In particular, the building influenced his later work, such as the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard. This book documents the building and relates it to Le Corbusier's theoretical work, especially \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVers une architecture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The significance of key figures such as Paul Valéry and John Ruskin for Le Corbusier's work is explained. Characteristic design elements such as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003epromenade architecturale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the use of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ebrise-soleils\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are explored. In addition to numerous scaled drawings, newly produced models clarify the most important design aspects of the building. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLe Corbusier's 1954 building for the Millowners' Association in Ahmedabad is an understudied key work \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith attractive photographs, new drawings, and models created especially for the publication \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe structure exemplifies characteristic elements of Le Corbusier's work and his development as an architect \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Birkhauser","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45608241037463,"sku":"9783035628692","price":5361.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783035628692.webp?v=1768599629","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/le-corbusier-s-ahmedabad-millowners-association-building-9783035628692","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}