Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret - Restoration of the Clarté Building, Geneva / / ed. by Office du patrimoine et des sites.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (176 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Clarte Building Reflections on The Historical Context
  • The historical context of the Clarté site – Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
  • “A milestone of modern architecture …“ The Clarté building in the creations of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
  • The Restoration in Question
  • Lessons of a rehabilitation
  • The restoration of the Clarté building, an introduction
  • Building Plans Historical Plans Restoration Plans
  • Plan of the footings and of the ground slab, by the engineer Robert Maillart, 18 March 1931, modified on 30 April, and again on 30 June 1931
  • Foundation cross-sections, by the engineer Robert Maillart, 18 March 1931, modified on 30 April, and again on 30 June 1931
  • Plan of the first and third storeys (actual second and fourth storeys), dated 22 October 1931, plan kept at the gta of EPFZ
  • Plan of the first and third storeys (actual second and fourth storeys), modified 18 December 1931, plan kept at the gta of EPFZ
  • Plan of the second and fourth storeys (actual third and fifth storeys), final revision of 24 August 1931, plan kept at the gta of EPFZ
  • Plan – 1932 detail ground floor and basement scale 1:300
  • Plan – state 2014 ground floor and basement scale 1:300
  • Roof terrace scale 1:300
  • West facade scale 1:300
  • Transverse section scale 1:300
  • North facade scale 1:300
  • South facade scale 1:300
  • The Restoration of 2007 - 2011 at The Heart of The Works
  • Introduction
  • The site installation
  • The roof
  • The balconies
  • The metal facades and windows
  • The roller blinds and their enclosures
  • Masonry and reinforced concrete
  • Travertine cladding
  • The glass bricks
  • The technical services
  • The communal areas
  • Colours
  • Anexes
  • Chronology
  • Regulations for co-owners 2008
  • Excerpts from the Inventory undertaken by the firm of architects Laurent Chenu
  • Principles for conservation of interior areas – rules of intervention for the owner’s attention
  • Construction of 1931–1932
  • Restoration project of 2007–2011
  • Biographical notes
  • Select bibliography and sources
  • Acknowledgements
  • Photo Credits