GA [GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE] 13
LE CORBUSIER: VILLA SAVOYE, POISSY FRANCE. 1929-31

Richard Meier and Yukio Futagawa

10.25 x 14.25 perfect-bound softcover magazine with 48 pages of full-page color and b/w plates, shot specifically for GA by Yukio Futagawa. Insightful text by Meier and excellent photography by Futagawa make this an extraordinarily nice tribute to one of the iconic residences of the 20th century.

The Villa Savoye is perhaps the seminal work of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Situated at Poissy, outside of Paris, it is one of the most recognisable architectural presentations of the International Style. Futagawa's photography clearly illustrates Corbu's Five Points -- his tenets of a new aesthetic of architecture constructed in reinforced concrete:

• The pilotis, or ground-level supporting columns, elevate the building from the damp earth allowing the garden to flow beneath.
• A flat roof terrace reclaims the area of the building site for domestic purposes, including a garden area.
• The free plan, made possible by the elimination of load-bearing walls, consists of partitions placed where they are needed without regard for those on adjoining levels.
• Horizontal windows provide even illumination and ventilation.
• The freely-designed facade, unconstrained by load-bearing considerations, consists of a thin skin of wall and windows.

Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) adopted his famous pseudonym after publishing his ideas in the review L¹Esprit Nouveau in 1920. The few buildings he was able to design during the 1920s, when he also spent much of his time painting and writing, brought him to the forefront of modern architecture, though it wasn¹t until after World War II that his epoch-making buildings were constructed, such as the Unité d¹Habitation in Marseilles and the Church of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp.

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