Architecture of Truth
In the mid-1950s the architectural photographer and artist Lucien Hervé shot a sequence of black and white photographs of the twelfth century Cistercian Abbey of Le Thoronet in Provence, showing how the changing light conditions affected the architecture over the course of one day.
In 2001 the Pawson office collaborated with Phaidon on a project to re-issue Hervé’s celebrated visual essay, retaining Le Corbusier’s original foreword, but redesigning the book and adding
new text elements.
Photography
Lucien Hervé
Essays
Le Corbusier, monk of Abbey of Sept-Fons, John Pawson
Design
William Hall
ISBN 0714840033
Book photography
Gilbert McCarragher