Collection(s) : Conservatoire du littoral
Paru le 25/06/2011 | Broché 51 pages
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illustrations by André-Yves Dautier | translated from french by Julian Hale
The Riviera hilltop village of Roquebrune underwent dramatic changes when the enormous wooded tongue of land of Cap Martin became a kind of aristocratic annexe of Menton at the start of the 19th century. Sumptuous villas, lush parks with their exotic-smelling plants, beautiful jagged rocks plunging down to the sea, ancient olive trees... this is where the design pioneer Eileen Gray, and later Le Corbusier chose to build their dream "retreats". E 1027, the Maison en bord de mer, and Le Corbusier's Cabanon and Unités de Camping are unique examples of the new architecture between the world wars.
Nerte Fustier-Dautier is an art historian with a passion for the countryside and gardens and the author of several guides and publications on Provence. In particular she has published Bastides et jardins de Provence for Parenthèses, Ocres et ocriers du pays d'Apt and Autour de Sainte-Victoire.
