"The truth is, decorative art is equipment, beautiful equipment,"
Le Corbusier, L'Art decoratif d'aujourd'hui This book traces the
history of an encounter between a remarkable invention,
half-industrial half-design object, and one of the most famous
architects of the 20th century. Created in 1921, the Gras lamp
holds a unique place in the history of lighting. A revolutionary
design of marvelous simplicity, its original purpose was to meet
the needs of the booming manufacturing and retail sectors. The
young Le Corbusier, passionate about the challenges of interior
lighting, adopted it as his own from the early 1920s on. Thanks to
its remarkable functionality, this lamp also perfectly corresponded
to his desire to break with decoration and ornament, and the
architect went on to utilize it in his studio in the rue de Sevres
in Paris as well as his home. He also placed it in many of the
interiors of the houses he designed: the Villa Le Lac
(Switzerland), the Villa La Roche (Paris), the Guiette House
(Antwerp), the Villa Savoye (Poissy), and the villa belonging to
his friend Eileen Gray in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. Relying on rich
photographic documentation from the period, the book goes through
the history of the Gras lamp, its patents and various models, but
it also enables the reader to rediscover Le Corbusier's interior
designs through the prism of this icon of design, as he was one of
this lamp's main promoters in modern times. Text in English and
French. Contents: Preface, Antoine Picon; Le Corbusier and "the law
of light" Arthur Ruegg; The Lamp and the Architect; Le Corbusier:
For daily use; The Studio in the rue de Sevres; Private homes; A
Restoration story; Le Corbusier's Designs; Introduction; Villa Le
Lac, "little house," Corseaux near Vevey (Switzerland), 1923; La
Roche-Jeanneret house, Paris, 1925; Guiette House, Antwerp, 1926;
Villa Savoye, "Clear Hours," Poissy, 1929-1931; Swiss Pavilion,
Cite Universitaire, Paris, 1931-1933; Visiting Eileen Gray;
Bibliography; Chronology."
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