This book presents previously unpublished documents, including an exceptional 1933 aerial view of the Villa "Le Lac" and the Zeppelin below the photographer's plane! Il était une fois la Villa is the story of one of Le Corbusier's masterpieces, its inhabitants and the people who knew them - an investigation that goes to the heart of history to meet Albert Jeanneret, Le Corbusier's brother, his father and his mother - who had a perfect pitch for music and never let a false note go unheard: Albert Jeanneret's violin students remember that this nearly 100-year-old lady was not shy about shouting "Albert c'est faux!" during lessons! Exceptional testimonials from Jean-Louis Cohen, Tim Benton, Bruno Reichlin, Jacques Gubler, Dominique Claudius-Petit, Arthur Rüegg, Georges Charotton, Sylvie Savary-Bignens, Jeannette Walter, Henri Walter, Jacques Gubler, André Zwahlen, Jean-Jacques Savary, Christiane Tillmann, Yves Moser, Patrick Ferla, François De Grandi, Pierre De Grandi, Alex Reichard, Zabu Wahlen, Guy Saudan

The richly documented book, illustrated with previously unpublished drawings by Le Corbusier and photographs spanning the century.