03754cam a22005418i 4500 9781032678597 FlBoTFG 20251030122305.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 241024s2025 enk ob 001 0 eng OCoLC-P eng rda OCoLC-P 9781032678597 (ebook) 1032678593 9781040316788 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 1040316786 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 9781040316740 (electronic bk. : PDF) 1040316743 (electronic bk. : PDF) 9781032678580 (hardback) 10.4324/9781032678597 doi (OCoLC)1482463010 (OCoLC-P)1482463010 NA1034.5.S24 ARC 000000 bisacsh ARC 005070 bisacsh ARC 005080 bisacsh AMX bicssc Hrabová, Martina, 1982- author. 96020 Galaxie Le Corbusier. English The Le Corbusier galaxy : František Sammer and a global network of avant-garde architects / Martina Hrabová ; translated by Derek Paton. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier "Drawing on the author's discovery of an unknown, long-forgotten collection of photographs in an Indian ashram, this book offers an exciting, new view of the international community of young architects who served as Le Corbusier's assistants in the inter-war years. A collection of some 500 snapshots, assembled by the Czech architect František Sammer between 1931 and 1939, had been stored unnoticed for more than 70 years in an unlikely location - the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India. Sammer was one of Le Corbusier's closest assistants from the early 1930s. Later, Sammer worked in the Soviet Union, Japan and India. During, and after, his time in Paris, he personally took or collected these photographs, which he then deposited at the ashram when he left to fight in World War II. The images offer a remarkable view of the international community of people who worked in Le Corbusier's atelier in the 1930s. Among those featured in the photographs are Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret, Jane West (the first American woman to work for Le Corbusier), Gordon Stephenson, Antonin Raymond, Junzo Sakakura and Josep Lluís Sert. Given the travels and international background of these individuals, the photographs are from different countries around the world, including the USSR, England, France, Czech Republic, Greece, USA (Tennessee, Montana, California and New Mexico), Japan and India. The Le Corbusier Galaxy successfully brings together serious archival research with a fascinating narrative, and it captures the human dimension of modern architecture, which is all too often neglected in today's accounts"-- Provided by publisher. OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. Sammer, František, 1907-1973. 96021 Sammer, František, 1907-1973 Photograph collections. 96022 Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Archives. 96023 Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Friends and associates Archives. 96024 ARCHITECTURE / General bisacsh 64480 Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032678597 OCLC metadata license agreement http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf E-Books 68240 68240