Detail View: SHIMMER: Maison Clarté
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Title:
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Maison Clarté
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Creation Date:
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1932
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Image Date:
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1970 - 1979
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Period:
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20th century
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Start Date:
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1930
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End Date:
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1932
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Location:
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Geneva
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Country:
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SWITZERLAND
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Display Creator:
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LE CORBUSIER
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Image ID:
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10-0354
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Description:
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Exterior detail: façade of apartment block. Location: 2 rue St Laurent, Geneva. Commissioned by the contractor Edmond Wanner, a local industrialist. Double-height apartments, cantilevered slabs form terraces, provide protection from the sun both directly and as a location for coloured awnings.
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Rights:
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© Professor Peter Fawcett
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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Peter Fawcett
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Creator:
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LE CORBUSIER
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1887
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1965
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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Swiss. Active in France.
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 1900-2000
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- Switzerland
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Subject Heading:
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Apartments
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Subject Heading:
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Modernism (Architecture)
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Subject Heading:
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Balconies
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