5.0 out of 5 stars
fantastic research, Jan 25 2008
By Pythagoras "angry dad" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Unité habitation de Marseille (L'): Le Corbusier (Paperback)
This is a great book for Corb heads. The price it is currently fetching ($149) is a testament to it's value. I got a copy in France when it came out for about $20.
Unlike many contemporary books with the glamor photos and perhaps some evocative marks of genius drawings, this is an incredibly thorough presentation of the building. It goes into all aspects of the Unite, from design concept, it's precedents in Corb's work, through construction. Perhaps most valuable are the drawings that Sbriglio constructed for the book. There are really useful diagrams of structure, unit layouts, unit arrangements within the block, lobby, roof. As an educator, I find this book to be of tremendous value in discussing the significance of the Unite in the history of architecture.