{"product_id":"the-many-lives-of-apartment-studio-le-corbusier-1931-2014-9782889154845","title":"The Many Lives of Apartment-Studio Le Corbusier: 1931-2014","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first book on Le Corbusiers's iconic apartment-studio.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Le Corbusier's apartment-studio is an iconic object of the twentieth century, combining the indisputable material values of the building with the intangible \"sense of place\" of an architect's home. Le Corbusier, who lived there from 1934 until his death in 1965, treated it as a permanent construction site--a unique place of spatial, plastic, and constructional experimentation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The phases of change at the apartment-studio are layered over each other, and thus the apartment's \"many lives\" create major philosophical problems for conservation. The \"stratigraphy\" itself, hard to unscramble yet full of meaning, is key to the apartment's importance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This first book on the apartment-studio, richly illustrated with largely unpublished visual material, presents research undertaken by the Laboratory of Techniques and Preservation of Modern Architecture (TSAM) for the Fondation Le Corbusier during preparatory investigations for the program of restoration. Lavish and thorough, \u003ci\u003eMany Lives of Apartment-Studio Le Corbusier\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of an iconic space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranz Graf\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance architect in Geneva. He is also associate professor at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he is the head of the Laboratory of Techniques and Preservation of Modern Architecture (TSAM) and professor of technology at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio. Graf is also the President of Docomomo Switzerland and a member of the expert commission for the restoration of architectural works at the Fondation Le Corbusier. \u003cb\u003eGiula Marino\u003c\/b\u003e is professor at the UCLouvain, LOCI-LAB Bruxelles, and researcher at the Laboratory of Techniques and Preservation of Modern Architecture at the EPFL (TSAM), which she cofounded with Franz Graf. A member of Icomos, Marino has also been vice president of Docomomo Switzerland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Epfl Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50454256222482,"sku":"9782889154845","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_84f8fa68-3067-4888-9228-377b3f628c99.jpg?v=1729863775","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-many-lives-of-apartment-studio-le-corbusier-1931-2014-9782889154845","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}