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    Project Unité

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    A three-volume catalogue produced for a group exhibition in 1993 at Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation housing complex in Firminy, France. In volume 1, Loach details the architect's execution of several commissions for Firminy; Koolhaas applies Dali's paranoid-critical method to Le Corbusier while examining both men's reaction to Manhattan; a statistical analysis looks at present-day Unité occupants. Illustrations, project descriptions, artists' statements and essays by the 44 international exhibiting artists comprise volume 2 and 3. Bibl. 5 p
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