ARCHITECTURE WITH AND WITHOUT LE CORBUSIER: JOSÉ OUBRERIE ARCHITECTE.

Luis Burriel (SOMOS.arquitectos) co-editor along with Oscar Riera Ojeda. 

Foreword: George Rannalli Introduction: Kenneth Frampton Architecture with and Without Le Corbusier documents two architectural Masterpieces, both realized by the architect Jose Oubrerie: the Church at Firminy and The Miller House. The church, one of the last projects of Le Corbusier, was born on the drafting board of the Studio Rue de Sèvres and took nearly 50 years to be completed. José Oubrerie, his assistant from 1959 untill 1965, developed the project from its inception and worked throughout his life to complete and build this canonical work, adapting it to current needs and standards while respecting the integrity of the original idea. The Miller House, Oubrerie’s own late masterpiece designed in the 90’s, has already become a landmark in Lexington where the architect devoted his mature years as a teacher an Dean at the University of Kentucky. It is securely on its way to achieve a place of its own within the history of 20th Century American Architecture. The thorough documentation of the two buildings with an extensive collection of previously unpublished drawings, sketches and photographs builds a precise and vivid testimony of Oubrerie’s unique architectural trajectory with Le Corbusier’s formidable legacy as a formative and creative influence. The two seminal works, presented side by side with texts from George Ranalli and Kenneth Frampton yield insight into the evolution and current resonance of these two masterworks that span four decades and two distinguished careers. This publication was prepared to accompany an exhibit on Jose Oubreire’s held at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture in New York City , from February 16th 2010 to May 14th 2010.