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Made by hand: Jacob Brillhart dissects the early travel sketches of Le Corbusier
From buildings to urban planning to furniture, there may not be a more influential figure in modern architecture and design than Le Corbusier. Yet the man born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret in Switzerland in 1887 never attended university and had no formal architectural training. What he did have, however, was a voracious mind, and mentors who encouraged him during his teens and early 20s to travel around Europe and Turkey and draw draw draw.
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Community matters: A-cero transform an old covered market in Spain
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Walter Maria Förderer’s 1960s European churches remain avant-garde today
In the 1960s, Walter Maria Förderer designed eight churches in Switzerland and Germany. Influenced by Le Corbusier, and even more so by the collages of Kurt Schwitters and Gothic architecture, Förderer designed cascades of concrete blocks and strange totemic objects that now form some of Europe’s most avant-garde religious buildings.
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A legacy of Bangladeshi architecture on show at the Dhaka Art Summit
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Melbourne apartments channel the spirit of Le Corbusier’s Notre Dame du Haut
Le Corbusier’s chapel, Notre Dame du Haut, inspires this Melbourne apartment complex by property developer Beulah International and Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors
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Best reissues: vintage design classics revitalised with brio
Explore vintage design reimagined for the future
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Carbon Fibre House: a Swiss home that draws on the history of prefabrication
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Apartment story: Sarah Entwistle's family effects at Le Corbusier's Paris abode
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Cassina revives Le Corbusier furniture
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Contemporary Chandigarh house balances minimalism and warmth
Residence 145 by Charged Voids is a new contemporary Chandigarh house
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Bright young things: 'Les Heures Claires de la Villa Savoye' by Jean-Philippe Delhomme & Jean-Marc Savoye
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Pavilion Le Corbusier reopens in Zurich after renovation
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Revisiting the concrete architecture of Belgian icon Juliaan Lampens
Once the lonely passion of a few devotees, the concrete architecture of Belgian architect Juliaan Lampens is a revelation; just don't call him a brutalist
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Step inside Philipp Mohr’s loving restoration of a Le Corbusier apartment in Berlin
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Designer Pierre Charpin commandeers L'Appartement 50 in Marseille's Cité Radieuse
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Apartment N°50 in Le Corbusier’s brutalist Cité Radieuse get its interior design makeover
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Renault brings the home to the open road with Le Corbusier-inspired concept car
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Ballet Mécanique by Manuel Herz is Zurich housing with a twist
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Alessandro Mendini vibrantly transforms the Le Corbusier Appartement No.50
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Rado partners with Les Couleurs Le Corbusier
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White city: the remarkable history of Bauhaus in Tel Aviv
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Charlotte Perriand’s life and work explored at London’s Design Museum
London’s Design Museum presents ‘Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life’, an exhibition turned the spotlight on one of the most iconic creators of the 20th century
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Cassina’s first line of outdoor furniture has a midcentury edge
At IMM Cologne (13-19 January), Italian stalwarts Cassina will be revealing its first ever outdoor collection that blends reimagined design icons with a set of contemporary al fresco pieces
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'ECAL: Chez Le Corbusier' exhibition at Villa 'Le Lac', Switzerland
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From Perriand to Prouvé, François Laffanour sets the stage for a masterclass in modernism
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Le Corbusier’s apartment in Paris opens to public after reconstruction
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Cassina’s furniture as seen through the lens of Karl Lagerfeld
