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Book SynopsisDrawing on the authorâs discovery of an unknown, long-forgotten collection of photographs in an Indian ashram, this book offers an exciting, new view of the international community of young architects who served as Le Corbusierâs assistants in the inter-war years. A collection of some 500 snapshots, assembled by the Czech architect FrantiÅek Sammer between 1931 and 1939, had been stored unnoticed for more than 70 years in an unlikely location â the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India. Sammer was one of Le Corbusierâs closest assistants from the early 1930s. Later, Sammer worked in the Soviet Union, Japan and India. During, and after, his time in Paris, he personally took or collected these photographs, which he then deposited at the ashram when he left to fight in World War II. The images offer a remarkable view of the international community of people who worked in Le Corbusierâs atelier in the 1930s. Among those featured in the photographs are Charlotte Perriand, Pie
