Title & Author:

Case: Le Corbusier's Venice Hospital and the mat building revival / edited by Hashim Sarkis with Pablo Allard, and Timothy Hyde.

Publication:

Munich ; New York : Prestel, ©2001.

Description:

131 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

Case series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bridge over Venice / Pablo Allard -- Rapport technique / Le Corbusier -- The emergence of mat or field buildings / Eric Mumford -- Mat buildings and the environment / Michelle Addington, Nico Kienzl, Singh Intrachooto -- The paradoxical promise of flexibility / Hashim Sarkis -- How to recognise and read mat-building / Alison Smithson -- How to construct an architectural genealogy / Timothy Hyde -- Mat urbanism : the thick 2-D / Stan Allen.
Also issued online.

Summary:

This text explores an unbuilt yet iconic project by Le Corbusier - the Venice Hospital. It includes an account of de la Fuente's involvement in the project and a reprint of Alison Smithson's seminal essay on mat buildings.

ISBN:

3791325388 (paperback)
9783791325385 (paperback)

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Criticism and interpretation.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Le Corbusier 1887-1965
Le Corbusier, (1887-1965)
Le Corbusier.
Ospedali civili riuniti di Venezia.
Hospitals Italy Venice Designs and plans.
Modular coordination (Architecture)
Coordination modulaire (Architecture)
modular coordination.
Hospitals.
Krankenhausbau
Teppichhausbebauung
Hospital buildings Design and construction.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Architects France 20th century.
Hôpitaux Italie Venise (Italie)
Italy Venice.
Venedig
Venise (Italie) Constructions.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Architectural drawings.

Added entries:

Sarkis, Hashim.
Allard, Pablo.
CASE series (Prestel Verlag)

Le Corbusier's Venice Hospital and the mat building revival

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223071
Call No.: NA44.L433.25 H2 2001
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available