[1st Eng ed] The Marseilles Block

First English edition of this monograph describing the process of building Le Corbusier’s Unite d’habitation in Marseilles, the first of these high-rise concrete structures to be completed, in 1952, and one of Corbusier’s most famous and influential buildings. Written by Le Corbusier and published by Harvill Press in 1953. Translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury from the French L’Unite d’habitation de Marseille. 4to, hardcover with dust jacket, pages. Black and white photos reveal the building and site both under construction and complete, and include interior shots of a few of the 337 apartments, complete with furniture by Charlotte Perriand. Some rippling to text block. Light staining to boards. Some bumping and chipping to rubbed dj, with open tears along top edge. From the collection of NYC architect and preservationist Sanford Malter, with his signature on the inside cover.