Machine à amuser : the life and death of the Beistegui penthouse apartment / Wim van den Bergh.

Main entry:

Bergh, W. H. J. van den (Wim H. J.), author.

Title & Author:

Machine à amuser : the life and death of the Beistegui penthouse apartment / Wim van den Bergh.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]

Description:

369 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prelude -- First trace -- Cross projection -- Seven phases -- Only amusement -- Coda -- Reconstruction drawings -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Image credits -- Acknowledgments -- A note on the type

Summary:

"A detailed portrait of the Beistegui Penthouse Apartment in Paris, perhaps the most celebrated modernist apartment ever produced - designed by Le Corbusier in the 1920s, but now sadly demolished"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780262048774 hardcover
0262048779 hardcover

Subject:

Beistegui, Charles de, 1895-1970 Homes and haunts France Paris.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Criticism and interpretation.
Jeanneret, Pierre, 1896-1967 Criticism and interpretation.
Beistegui, Charles de, 1895-1970
Jeanneret, Pierre, 1896-1967
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Penthouses France Paris.
Modern movement (Architecture) France Paris.
Lost architecture France Paris.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) France Paris.
Monuments disparus France Paris.
Homes
Lost architecture
Modern movement (Architecture)
Penthouses
France Paris

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 319658
Call No.: 319658
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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