Le Corbusier: Album Punjab, 1951

Le Corbusier's Album Punjab Simla, from his 1951 visit to the area that would become Chandigarh, is a primary source for reconstructing the city's plan. It includes written memos, sketches, and photographs by Pierre Jeanneret, accompanied by a commentary by architectural historian Maristella Casciato.

Format: Hardback
Length: 196 pages
Publication date: 21 November 2023
Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers

This reprint of the notebook Album Punjab Simla. Chandigarh,Mars 1951, kept by Le Corbusier during his two-week visit to the area that would become Chandigarh, the new capital city of the Indian state of Punjab, presents his written or sketched memos, personal reflections, notes, and schematic solutions elaborated during meetings. The Album Punjab constitutes a primary source for reconstructing the topics addressed by the small team of architects and governmental officials who, in only a few days, developed the outlines of the Chandigarh plan. The spiral-bound notebook facsimile is accompanied by a paperback volume featuring previously unpublished photographs taken by Le Corbusier's cousin Pierre Jeanneret during this early expedition. Jeanneret documented the landscape and people that the architects encountered upon their arrival, a scenario destined to change with the birth of the great city. A detailed commentary by architectural historian Maristella Casciato is also included. It reflects on the variety of topics assembled in the notebook and traces the story of these days in which the new capital city was planned.

This reprint of the notebook Album Punjab Simla. Chandigarh,Mars 1951, kept by Le Corbusier during his two-week visit to the area that would become Chandigarh, the new capital city of the Indian state of Punjab, presents his written or sketched memos, personal reflections, notes, and schematic solutions elaborated during meetings. The Album Punjab constitutes a primary source for reconstructing the topics addressed by the small team of architects and governmental officials who, in only a few days, developed the outlines of the Chandigarh plan. The spiral-bound notebook facsimile is accompanied by a paperback volume featuring previously unpublished photographs taken by Le Corbusier's cousin Pierre Jeanneret during this early expedition. Jeanneret documented the landscape and people that the architects encountered upon their arrival, a scenario destined to change with the birth of the great city. A detailed commentary by architectural historian Maristella Casciato is also included. It reflects on the variety of topics assembled in the notebook and traces the story of these days in which the new capital city was planned.

Weight: 1030g
Dimension: 242 x 320 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783037787069