In 1927, the great Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier completed a house in the Paris suburb of Garches. No structure of the early modernist era has gained more renown. In 1947, British scholar Colin Rowe’s essay “The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa” brought Garches to the foreground—and Garches has stayed there ever since. GARCHES 1234 picks up where Rowe left off and throws bold light on Le Corbusier’s assertion that at Garches, more than any of his other projects, “proportion ruled absolutely there, as absolute mistress.” Architect JEF7REY HILDNER published an early version of this essay in the refereed Journal of Architectural Education (February 1999). Here the essay appears in its final and fully illustrated form. (Link to the original JAE article: http://www.jstor.org/pss/1425460.) (88 pages, color, 8.5" x 11" paperback (perfect bound) | ISBN: 9780974492230. Published in Boston, MA, by THE ARCHITECT PAINTER PRESS. Contact: [email protected]. Available at http://stores.lulu.com/JEF7REY.) About the Author JEF7REY HILDNER is an architect, painter, and writer. His work has appeared in many publications, including Global Architect Houses, Architectural Record, ANY, Oz, ARTnews, and the refereed Journal of Architectural Education. As an educator, he received the national award for teaching excellence from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. His project Dante|Telescope House won the Blue Ribbon Award for Design Excellence from the New Jersey chapter of The American Institute of Architects. HILDNER earned his A.B. and M.Arch. from Princeton University. He founded The Architect Painter Press in 2005.