Mediterranean Houses: Côte D'Azur and ProvenceThis series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings. |
Contents
Gibbs House Lioux Vaucluse Gilles Bouchez 1973 | 20 |
Villa de Mandrot Pradet Var Le Corbusier 19291931 | 26 |
Private house Cap Bénat Var Philip Johnson 1964 | 38 |
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Alpes-Maritimes Arakao arcades architects axis balcony bathrooms Bouches-du-Rhône building built Cap-Martin Castellaras le Neuf character Chareau château colour construction Corbusier Couelle courtyard create curving d'Azur and Provence designed Detail dining room Doussot house Eileen Gray's villa elevations and view environment exterior and views Gaou Bénat garage garden geometry Gibbs house gives ground floor Hérault house Rudy Ricciotti Hyères integrated interior Iroko kitchen Latitude 43 Le Corbusier Le Passe-Muraille lightwell living room m² Concrete m² Partition walls m² Rough-shuttered concrete main bedrooms main facade main volume Mallet-Stevens Marseille Mediterranean architecture Modern Movement modernist moving space Nimes organisation orthogonal Partial views plan and view Port Grimaud programme rear facade rendering rigour roof terrace Roussillon Section shelter sloping south facade south-east south-facing staircase stone structure studio surroundings swimming pool symbiosis terracotta traditional typology Unité d'habitation Various views Vaucluse Villa de Mandrot Villa Noailles volumetry west facade