Le Corbusier
Explore Le Corbusier’s impact on art, design, and architecture, and discover the inspirations behind their visionary work.
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Apartment N°50 in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse gets a makeover courtesy of ÉCALBy Ali Morris Last updated
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Le Corbusier's furniture from ChandigarhBy Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Charlotte Perriand: Photography to interior designBy Malaika Byng Last updated
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Made by hand: Jacob Brillhart dissects the early travel sketches of Le CorbusierFrom 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.
By Bill Kearney Last updated
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Community matters: A-cero transform an old covered market in SpainBy Suzanne Wales Last updated
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Walter Maria Förderer’s 1960s European churches remain avant-garde todayIn 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.
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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A legacy of Bangladeshi architecture on show at the Dhaka Art SummitBy Nick Compton Last updated
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Melbourne apartments channel the spirit of Le Corbusier’s Notre Dame du HautLe Corbusier’s chapel, Notre Dame du Haut, inspires this Melbourne apartment complex by property developer Beulah International and Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Best reissues: vintage design classics revitalised with brioExplore vintage design reimagined for the future
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Apartment story: Sarah Entwistle's family effects at Le Corbusier's Paris abodeBy Amy Verner Last updated
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Cassina revives Le Corbusier furnitureBy Malaika Byng Last updated
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Renaat Braem’s House, AntwerpBy Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Contemporary Chandigarh house balances minimalism and warmthResidence 145 by Charged Voids is a new contemporary Chandigarh house
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Bright young things: 'Les Heures Claires de la Villa Savoye' by Jean-Philippe Delhomme & Jean-Marc SavoyeBy Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Pavilion Le Corbusier reopens in Zurich after renovationBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Revisiting the concrete architecture of Belgian icon Juliaan LampensOnce 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
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Step inside Philipp Mohr’s loving restoration of a Le Corbusier apartment in BerlinBy Stephen Crafti Last updated
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Designer Pierre Charpin commandeers L'Appartement 50 in Marseille's Cité RadieuseBy Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Renault brings the home to the open road with Le Corbusier-inspired concept carBy Rory FH Smith Last updated
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Ballet Mécanique by Manuel Herz is Zurich housing with a twistBy Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Alex Israel mines Batman lore for Marseille exhibitionThe Los Angeles-based artist commandeers the brutalist rooftop of Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation with an homage to the Gotham superhero
By TF Chan Last updated
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Alessandro Mendini vibrantly transforms the Le Corbusier Appartement No.50By Sujata Burman Last updated
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Rado partners with Les Couleurs Le CorbusierBy Caragh McKay Last updated
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White city: the remarkable history of Bauhaus in Tel AvivBy Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Charlotte Perriand’s life and work explored at London’s Design MuseumLondon’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
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Cassina’s first line of outdoor furniture has a midcentury edgeAt 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
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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'ECAL: Chez Le Corbusier' exhibition at Villa 'Le Lac', SwitzerlandBy Rosa Bertoli Last updated


