Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe before World War II
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1886-1969
Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Exchange, Amsterdam, 1897-1903 Berlage was a man of great seriousness who would not accept anything that was fake and it was he who had said that nothing whould be built that is not clearly constructed. And Berlage did exactly that. And he did it to such an extent that his famous building in Amsterdam, the Exchange, has a medieval character without being medieval. He used brick in the way medieval people did. The idea of a clear construction came to me there as one of the fundamentals we should accept. Mies van der Rohe quoted in Frampton, p. 161.
Karl Friederich Schinkel, BauAkademie, Berlin, 1831. Concept of Baukunst = Building Art
Karl Friederich Schinkel, Altes Museum, Berlin, 1822-30.
Mies van der Rohe, Riehl House, Berlin, 1907.
Peter Behrens, AEG Pavilion, Shipbuilding Exposition, Berlin, 1908
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Bismark Monument Project, Bingen, Germany, perspective, 1910
Mies van der Rohe, Friederichstrasse Skyscraper, Berlin, 1919
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Competition, Berlin, 1919-1921. plan
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Competition, Berlin, 1919-1921. Model In my project for a skyscraper I used a prismatic form I discovered by working with actual glass models that the important thing is the play of reflections and not the effect of light and shadow as in ordinary buildings. The results of these experiments may be seen in the second scheme Mies van der Rohe quoted in Frampton, p. 162.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Competition, Berlin, 1919-1921. plan
Mies van der Rohe, Concrete Office Building project, Berlin, Germany, 1923.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Larkin Building, Buffalo, NY, 1904, exterior and interior.
Piet Mondrian, Tableau No. 2, 1914
Theo van Doesburg, Counter-construction 1923
Mies van der Rohe, Country House project, 1923.
Mies van der Rohe, Country House project, 1923.
Mies van der Rohe, Monument to Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, Berlin, 1926.
Weissenhof Housing, General view, Stuttgart, 1927
Bruno Taut, Alpine Architecture, 1919
Mies van der Rohe, Weissenhof Housing, Stuttgart, 1927
Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich, Velvet and Silk Café, Berlin, 1927
Mies van der Rohe, MR 10 Chair for the Weissenhof Housing, Stuttgart, 1927
Mies van der Rohe, Alexanderplatz Competition, Berlin, 1928
Mies van der Rohe, Alexanderplatz Competition, Berlin, 1928
Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, 1928-9, sketch perspective
Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, 1929
Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, 1929
Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, 1929, plan
Frank Lloyd Wright, Robie House, Chicago, Ill., 1908-1909, section and ground floor plan.
Theo van Doesburg, Rhythms of a Russian Dance, Painting, 1918.
Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, 1929, section
Mies van der Rohe, German Pavilion, World Exhibition, Barcelona, 1929, interior
Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, 1929, interior
Mies van der Rohe, German Pavilion, World Exhibition, Barcelona, 1929, interior
Mies van der Rohe, German Pavilion, World Exhibition, Barcelona, 1929, interior
Mies van der Rohe, German Pavilion, World Exhibition, Barcelona, 1929, interior
Mies van der Rohe, German Pavilion, World Exhibition, Barcelona, 1929, interior
Mies van der Rohe, German Pavilion, World Exhibition, Barcelona, 1929
Mies van der Rohe, German Pavilion, World Exhibition, Barcelona, 1929, entry
Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Chair, 1929
Garden Chair, Karl Friedrich Schinkel 1820-5.
Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930.
Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930.
Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930.
Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930, entry
Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930, stair
Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930. Section
Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930. 2 nd Fl Plan
Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930. 1 st Fl Plan
Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930, living room
Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930.
Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930, dining room
Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat House, Brno, Czech Republic, 1930, sun room
Mies van der Rohe, Tugendhat Table, 1928
Mies van der Rohe, Brno Chair, 1930
Mies van der Rohe, Berlin Building Exhibition House, 1931, plan
Mies van der Rohe, Berlin Building Exhibition House, 1931
Mies van der Rohe, Berlin Building Exhibition House, 1931
Mies van der Rohe, Courtyard House, student project, date unknown.
Keenan Riley, Courtyard Houses, designed 1931-35; Miami, constructed 2006
Keenan Riley, Courtyard Houses, designed 1931-35; Miami, constructed 2006
Keenan Riley, Courtyard Houses, designed 1931-35; Miami, constructed 2006
Keenan Riley, Courtyard Houses, designed 1931-35; Miami, constructed 2006
Keenan Riley, Courtyard Houses, designed 1931-35; Miami, constructed 2006
Keenan Riley, Courtyard Houses, designed 1931-35; Miami, constructed 2006
Le Corbusier, (born Charles Edouard Jeanneret) 1887-1965
La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1852.
Le Corbusier, Watch case design, 1903.
Le Corbusier, Villa Fallet, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 1905
Le Corbusier, Villa Fallet, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 1905
Josef Hoffmann, Palais Stoclet for Adolf and Suzanne Stoclet, bankers and collectors, Brussels, view of the street façade from the northwest, 1905-1910.
Peter Behrens, AEG Turbine Factory, Berlin, 1908-1909
Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius in Paris
Francois Hennebique, monolithic reinforced-concrete joint, patented 1892
Auguste Perret, 25 bis rue Franklin Paris, 1903
Auguste Perret, 25 bis rue Franklin Paris, 1903
Eugene Henard, Rue Actuelle, 1910.
Eugene Henard, Rue Future, 1910.
Eugene Henard, Une Ville de L Avenir: Vue a Vol D aeroplane, (A City of the Future: View from the wing of an airplane) 1910.
Eugene Henard, Rue Redans, 1903.
Le Corbusier, Sketch of the Charterhouse of Ema, Italy, 1907.
Le Corbusier, Art School, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 1910
Le Corbusier, Villa Jeanneret, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 1912
Le Corbusier, Villa Schwob, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 1916
Le Corbusier, Villa Schwob, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 1916
Le Corbusier, Villa Schwob, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 1916
Le Corbusier, Villa Schwob, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 1916, first floor plan
Le Corbusier, Villa Schwob, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 1916, second floor plan
Le Corbusier, Villa Schwob, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 1916, interior
Le Corbusier, Maison Dom-Ino, 1915
Le Corbusier, Maison Dom-Ino, in perspective with plan showing groups, 1915
Le Corbusier, Maison Monol, 1919.
Le Corbusier, Still Life, 1920
Le Corbusier, Maison Citrohan, 1920
Le Corbusier, Maison Citrohan, 1920, plans
Tony Garnier, housing, Cité Industrielle, 1904-17. Corb saw them first in 1919.
Tony Garnier, Cité Industrielle, aerial view, 1904-17
Le Corbusier, Contemporary City for Three Million Inhabitants, plan 1922
Le Corbusier, Contemporary City for Three Million Inhabitants, sketches 1922
Le Corbusier, Contemporary City for Three Million Inhabitants, sketches 1922
Le Corbusier, Contemporary City for Three Million Inhabitants, sketches 1922
Le Corbusier, Contemporary City for Three Million Inhabitants, sketches 1922
Le Corbusier, Plan Voisin, 1925
Le Corbusier, Plan Voisin, Paris, 1925
Le Corbusier, Plan Voisin, Paris, 1925
You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces; that is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good, I am happy and I say: This is beautiful. That is Architecture. Art enters in. My house is practical. I thank you, as I might thank railway engineers or the telephone service. You have not touched my heart. But suppose that walls rise towards heaven in such a way that I am moved. I perceive your intentions. Your mood has been gentle, brutal, charming or noble. The stones you have erected tell me so. You fix me to the place and my eyes regard it. They behold something which expresses a thought. A thought which reveals itself without word or sound, but solely by means of shapes which stand in a certain relationship to one another. These shapes are such that they are clearly revealed in light. The relationships between them have not necessarily any reference to what is practical or descriptive. They are a mathematical creation of your mind. They are the language of Architecture. By the use of inert materials and starting from conditions more or less utilitarian, you have established certain relationships which have aroused my emotions. This is Architecture. Le Corbusier, Towards a New Architecture, 1923, from Frampton, p. 149.
Le Corbusier, Towards a New Architecture, 1923.
Le Corbusier, House and Studio for Amedee Ozenfant, Paris, 1923
Le Corbusier, House and Studio for Amedee Ozenfant, Paris, 1923, interior
Le Corbusier, Maison La Roche / Jeanneret, Paris, 1923
Le Corbusier, Maison La Roche / Jeanneret, Paris, 1923, plan.
Le Corbusier, Maison La Roche / Jeanneret, Paris, 1923, interior
Le Corbusier, L Esprit Nouveau, Pavilion, Exposition des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, 1925
Le Corbusier, L Esprit Nouveau, Pavilion, Exposition des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, 1925
Le Corbusier, Maison Cook, Boulogne-sur-Seine, façade, 1926-7
Le Corbusier and Jeanneret, Villa de Monzie, Garches, France, 1927
Le Corbusier, comparison Villa de Monzie and Palladio s Villa Malcontenta, 1560 (top)
Andrea Palladio, Villa Foscari, (La Malcontenta), 1560, Malcontenta di Mira, Italy
Le Corbusier Five points of Architecture: 1. Pilotis elevating building off ground 2. Free plan allowed by separating walls from the columns 3. Free Façade, unattached to columns 4. Horizontal sliding windows 5. Roof garden recovering the area lost where building covers ground
Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), Weissenhof Housing, Stuttgart,1927.
Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), Weissenhof Housing, Stuttgart,1927.
Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), Weissenhof Housing, Stuttgart,1927.
Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), Weissenhof Housing, Stuttgart,1927.
Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), Weissenhof Housing, Stuttgart,1927, interior.
Le Corbusier Five points of Architecture: 1. Pilotis elevating building off ground 2. Free plan allowed by separating walls from the columns 3. Free Façade, unattached to columns 4. Horizontal sliding windows 5. Roof garden recovering the area lost where building covers ground
Le Corbusier and Jeanneret, Villa de Monzie, Garches, France, 1927
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, LC1 Basculant Chair, 1928.
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, LC2 Grand Comfort Armchair, 1928.
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, LC7 Revolving Armchair, 1928.
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, LC4 Chaise Lounge, 1928.
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, LC4 Chaise Lounge, 1928. Patent drwg.
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, LC6 Table, 1928.
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, 1929-31
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, 1929-31, model, MoMA
Chauffeur Laundry staff garage Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, 1929-31, ground floor plan
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, 1929-31, interior first floor
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, 1929-31, entry
bedroom bedroom bedroom Terrace kitchen Living/Dining Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, 1929-31, first floor plan
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, 1929-31, section
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, 1929-31, roof deck
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, 1929-31, interior
Sun terrace Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, 1929-31, roof plan
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, 1929-31, ramp and roof deck
Le Corbusier, Sketch of Twenty Replicas of Villa Savoye, Buenos Aires, 1929. Published in Precisions.
Le Corbusier, Four Compositions of 1929: Maison La Roche, Villa at Garche, Weissenhofsiedlung, Villa Savoye
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, League of Nations project, 1927, plan
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand, Precis des lecons donnees a l Ecole Polytechnique (1802-09), plan forms.
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, League of Nations project, 1927, axonometric
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Palace of the Soviets project, Moscow, 1931, sketches
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Mundaneum project, Geneva, 1929 Center for World Thought
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Voiture Maximum, 1928
Early advertisement for Volkswagen, c. 1937
BMW, Isetta, c. 1952
Ivan Leonidov, project for Magniogorsk, 1930. A 20-mile road links the industrial plant to an agricultural commune in the interior. Frampton, 177.
Le Corbusier studying a model of à redent housing for the Ville Radieuse, 1930s
Le Corbusier, à redent housing for the Ville Radieuse, 1930s, plan
Le Corbusier and Jeanneret, Ville Radieuse, (Radiant City) 1931. Plan showing zoning in parallel bands: from offices (top) via housing and culture (middle), to industry (bottom).
Le Corbusier, Contemporary City for Three Million Inhabitants, plan 1922
Le Corbusier, sketch of nude, Algiers, c. 1930.
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Ville Radieuse, plan of 5 bedroom unit, 1931
Le Corbusier and Jeanneret, Plan Obus for Algiers, model, 1930
Le Corbusier and Jeanneret, Plan Obus for Algiers, 1930
Le Corbusier and Jeanneret, Rio de Janiero, 1931
Le Corbusier and Jeanneret, Plan for Zlín, Czechoslovakia, 1935
Le Corbusier, Chandigarh, India, masterplan, 1950
Le Corbusier, Chandigarh, India, plan of governmental center, 1950
Lúcio Costa s plan for Brasilia of 1957
Le Corbusier, Maison Clarté apartments, Geneva, Switzerland, 1932
Le Corbusier and Jeanneret, Cité de Refuge (Salvation Army Hostel), Paris, 1929-33
Le Corbusier and Jeanneret, Cité de Refuge (Salvation Army Hostel), Paris, plan, 1929-33
Le Corbusier, Still Life, 1920
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, League of Nations project, 1927, axonometric
Le Corbusier, Swiss Pavilion, Paris, 1931-33, north elevation
Le Corbusier, Swiss Pavilion, Paris, 1931-33, first floor plan
Le Corbusier, Swiss Pavilion, Paris, 1931-33, second floor plan
Le Corbusier, Swiss Pavilion, Paris, 1931-33, section
Le Corbusier, Swiss Pavilion, Paris, 1931-33
Le Corbusier, Swiss Pavilion, Paris, 1931-33, pilotis
Le Corbusier, Swiss Pavilion,Paris, 1931-33, entry
Le Corbusier, Swiss Pavilion, Paris, 1931-33, interior
Le Corbusier, Weekend House, La Celle-St.-Cloud, France, 1935
Le Corbusier, Weekend House, La Celle-St.-Cloud, France, 1935
Le Corbusier, Weekend House, La Celle-St.-Cloud, France, 1935
Le Corbusier, Weekend House, Paris, France, 1935
Le Corbusier and Jeanneret, Errazuriz House (unrealized), Chile, 1933
Brazilian Team Le Corbusier on another site Le Corbusier on real site Brazilian Team with Le Corbusier Lucio Costa, Evolution of Design for the Ministry of Education, Rio de Janiero, 1936-38
Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer and others (with Le Corbusier), Ministry of Education, Rio de Janeiro, 1936-45, plan and views
Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer and others (with Le Corbusier), Ministry of Education, Rio de Janeiro, 1936-45, perspective and model
Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer and others (with Le Corbusier), Ministry of Education, Rio de Janeiro, 1936-45, north facade
Roberto Burle Marx, Ministry of Education, Rio de Janeiro, 1938, plan for terrace garden
Roberto Burle Marx, Ministry of Education, Rio de Janeiro, 1938, terrace garden
Wallace K. Harrison (and Le Corbusier), The United Nations, New York, 1947