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The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University is the architect’s only project in the U.S. Though patron Alfred St. Vrain Carpenter wished for a U.S. architect to design the new arts building to be named in his honor, Josep Lluís Sert, dean of the Graduate School of Design, secured the commission for his friend Le Corbusier. Bauhaus, Design, Ideas, Urban Design, Architectural Digest, Exterior, Le Corbusier, Architecture, Architect
Le Corbusier’s 15 Most Significant Architectural Works
The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University is the architect’s only project in the U.S. Though patron Alfred St. Vrain Carpenter wished for a U.S. architect to design the new arts building to be named in his honor, Josep Lluís Sert, dean of the Graduate School of Design, secured the commission for his friend Le Corbusier.
Chandigarh, the capital city of the Punjab and Haryana regions of India, was planned by Le Corbusier, who took over from Albert Mayer and Matthew Nowicki, after the latter died in a plane crash. Pictured here is the vast Palace of the Assembly. Chandigarh, Chinese Architecture, Modern Architecture, India, Palace, Modern Architecture House
Le Corbusier’s 15 Most Significant Architectural Works
Chandigarh, the capital city of the Punjab and Haryana regions of India, was planned by Le Corbusier, who took over from Albert Mayer and Matthew Nowicki, after the latter died in a plane crash. Pictured here is the vast Palace of the Assembly.
After designing his personal retreat, the petite but superfunctional Le Cabanon in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, Le Corbusier built these five adjoining vacation homes on the same property, keeping them small but efficiently designed, just like his own home. The colorful structures have a Japanesque look. Outdoor, Home, Art Deco, Homes, Art, Camping
Le Corbusier’s 15 Most Significant Architectural Works
After designing his personal retreat, the petite but superfunctional Le Cabanon in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, Le Corbusier built these five adjoining vacation homes on the same property, keeping them small but efficiently designed, just like his own home. The colorful structures have a Japanesque look.
While in India to develop the city of Chandigarh, Le Corbusier took on a side project in Ahmadabad, producing this Brutalist building as the headquarters of the city’s Mill Owners' Association. The term Brutalism was coined from the architect’s description of his use of concrete as “béton brut,” which literally means “raw concrete.” Home Décor, Mansions, Brutalist Buildings, House Styles
Le Corbusier’s 15 Most Significant Architectural Works
While in India to develop the city of Chandigarh, Le Corbusier took on a side project in Ahmadabad, producing this Brutalist building as the headquarters of the city’s Mill Owners' Association. The term Brutalism was coined from the architect’s description of his use of concrete as “béton brut,” which literally means “raw concrete.”
In an infamous 1952 essay, Frank Lloyd Wright called Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation a “massacre on the Marseilles [sic] waterfront.” The blocky communal housing complex enraged many critics, but the architect believed it to be a stepping stone to his idea of a utopian city. Le Corbusier Architecture, Unite D'habitation, Architectural Association, Brutalist Architecture
Le Corbusier’s 15 Most Significant Architectural Works
In an infamous 1952 essay, Frank Lloyd Wright called Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation a “massacre on the Marseilles [sic] waterfront.” The blocky communal housing complex enraged many critics, but the architect believed it to be a stepping stone to his idea of a utopian city.
Le Corbusier won an open competition to design the headquarters of the consumer cooperatives of the U.S.S.R., producing a massive building comprising three main structures. “Le Corbusier was fascinated by the density of pedestrian movement in Moscow and concluded that ‘architecture is circulation,’” writes Cohen. “He would deploy an ‘architectural promenade’ over seven stories, utilizing ramps of varying amplitude and curvature Interior, Interior Architecture, Interior And Exterior, Arquitetura, Architecture Building
Le Corbusier’s 15 Most Significant Architectural Works
Le Corbusier won an open competition to design the headquarters of the consumer cooperatives of the U.S.S.R., producing a massive building comprising three main structures. “Le Corbusier was fascinated by the density of pedestrian movement in Moscow and concluded that ‘architecture is circulation,’” writes Cohen. “He would deploy an ‘architectural promenade’ over seven stories, utilizing ramps of varying amplitude and curvature
When Le Corbusier moved to Paris, his work took on the more modernist aesthetic the architect is known for. Here, he designed a living space and a studio for the funerary sculptor Antonin Planeix. Paris, Le Corbusier House, Pierre Jeanneret
Le Corbusier’s 15 Most Significant Architectural Works
When Le Corbusier moved to Paris, his work took on the more modernist aesthetic the architect is known for. Here, he designed a living space and a studio for the funerary sculptor Antonin Planeix.
For ten years, Le Corbusier worked in La Chaux-de-Fonds—this was his final project in the town. The flat-roofed house would earn the nickname “the Turkish villa” for its Ottoman-style influences, from the flat roof to the geometry of the structure to the ocher brickwork. Villa, Flat Roof, House, Roof
Le Corbusier’s 15 Most Significant Architectural Works
For ten years, Le Corbusier worked in La Chaux-de-Fonds—this was his final project in the town. The flat-roofed house would earn the nickname “the Turkish villa” for its Ottoman-style influences, from the flat roof to the geometry of the structure to the ocher brickwork.
Le Corbusier’s first commission, this house features medieval elements within the context a traditional Swiss chalet. The architect was only 18 when he was assigned this project, so his teacher, Charles L’Eplattenier, partnered him with the more experienced architect René Chapallaz for it. House Design, Architecture House, Traditional House, German Houses, Architecture Project
Le Corbusier’s 15 Most Significant Architectural Works
Le Corbusier’s first commission, this house features medieval elements within the context a traditional Swiss chalet. The architect was only 18 when he was assigned this project, so his teacher, Charles L’Eplattenier, partnered him with the more experienced architect René Chapallaz for it.
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Le Corbusier’s 15 Most Significant Architectural Works
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