Le Corbusier’s Ahmedabad Millowners’ Association Building: Between the Beautiful and the Sublime

Mehrdad Hadighi

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Le Corbusier’s Ahmedabad Millowners’ Association Building

Between the Beautiful and the Sublime

Mehrdad Hadighi

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2025

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The Millowners' Association Building in Ahmedabad, designed by Le Corbusier and completed in 1954, has rarely been published, but is nevertheless considered an important milestone in the architect's work. In particular, the building influenced his later work, such as the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard. This book documents the building and relates it to Le Corbusier's theoretical work, especially Vers une architecture. The significance of key figures such as Paul Valéry and John Ruskin for Le Corbusier's work is explained. Characteristic design elements such as the promenade architecturale and the use of brise-soleils are explored. In addition to numerous scaled drawings, newly produced models clarify the most important design aspects of the building.

Le Corbusier's 1954 building for the Millowners' Association in Ahmedabad is an understudied key work

With attractive photographs, new drawings, and models created especially for the publication

The structure exemplifies characteristic elements of Le Corbusier's work and his development as an architect

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Mehrdad Hadighi, Stuckeman Professor in Advanced Design Studies, Dept. of Architecture, Pennsylvania State University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	5
FOREWORD Kenneth Frampton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
INTRODUCTION LE CORBUSIER AND VALÉRY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
I LEGACY CREATED ARCHIVING LE CORBUSIER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
II TRUTH, HARMONY, AND BEAUTY LE CORBUSIER AND RUSKIN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
III AHMEDABAD MILLOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION BUILDING SOLIDS AND VOIDS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
IV APOLLO AND MEDUSA LE CORBUSIER AND NIETZSCHE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
V CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
VI THE BUILDING TODAY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
VII DRAWINGS AND MODELS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182

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eBook published on:

April 21, 2025

eBook ISBN:

9783035628708

Hardcover published on:

April 21, 2025

Hardcover ISBN:

9783035628692

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Main content:

184

Illustrations:

20

Coloured Illustrations:

70

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628708

eBook ISBN: 9783035628708

Hardcover ISBN: 9783035628692

Keywords for this book

Brutalism; Le Corbusier; Modern Movement; India

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Architekten, Kunsthistoriker, Architekturtouristen, Freund:innen des Brutalismus

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