The most famous example of the modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier is located in Marseille and was built between 1947 and 1952. In 2006 Jean-Marc Drut began to meticulously restore an apartment he had purchased in the building to its original state, a project which aroused interest among fans of Le Corbusier’s work. The idea then emerged to deepen the graphic analysis of the apartment’s material reality and details, and to publish the results of the research. This publication, which matches the form of the republished volume of ‘L’Architecture vivante’ on E.1027 House by the Sea, includes new documentation and illustrations.

The first edition of this book, published in 2013 in the context of the Marseille, European Capital of Culture event, is now out of print. It was in the same form of an elegant portfolio used previously for publication of ''Maison en bord de mer E1027'', then ''La Villa Bloc de Claude Parent''. Considering the book's success, the celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of Le Corbusier's death in 2015 provide an occasion for republishing it, this time in the form of a softcover bilingual French and English edition.

The most famous example of the modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier is located in Marseille and was built between 1947 and 1952. In 2006 Jean-Marc Drut began to meticulously restore an apartment he had purchased in the building to its original state, a project which aroused interest among fans of Le Corbusier’s work. The idea then emerged to deepen the graphic analysis of the apartment’s material reality and details, and to publish the results of the research. This publication, which matches the form of the republished volume of ‘L’Architecture vivante’ on E.1027 House by the Sea, includes new documentation and illustrations.

The first edition of this book, published in 2013 in the context of the Marseille, European Capital of Culture event, is now out of print. It was in the same form of an elegant portfolio used previously for publication of ''Maison en bord de mer E1027'', then ''La Villa Bloc de Claude Parent''. Considering the book's success, the celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of Le Corbusier's death in 2015 provide an occasion for republishing it, this time in the form of a softcover bilingual French and English edition.