Light Matters: Le Corbusier and the Trinity of Light

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For his three sacred buildings, Le Corbusier has played masterfully with orientation, openings and textures to create kinetic architecture with daylight. His pilgrimage chapel at Ronchamp, the monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette, and the parish church of Saint-Pierre in Firminy reveal distinctive and individual approaches that each render contemplative spaces with light. In his book “Cosmos of Light: The Sacred Architecture of Le Corbusier,” Henry Plummer, Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has analysed these projects with outstanding photographs taken over 40 years and brilliant writing.

Read on for more about how Le Corbusier created his cosmos of light.

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Cite: Thomas Schielke. "Light Matters: Le Corbusier and the Trinity of Light" 11 Feb 2015. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/597598/light-matters-le-corbusier-and-the-trinity-of-light> ISSN 0719-8884

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