Chandigarh le corbusier

Chandigarh, the capital city of the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab, was planned and designed in the 1950s and 60s by French-Swiss master architect Le Corbusier, along with architects Jane Drew…

Completed in 1951 in Chandigarh, India. On August 15, 1947, on the eve of India’s independence from the United Kingdom, came a directive which would transform the subcontinent for the next...

Le Corbusier was architect, designer, artist, pioneer and a unique personality. Le Corbusier is considered the most important architect of the modern age.

At night I indulged in low culture in my hotel room with a take-out thali and the Oscars on the TV.

Photography by Shaun Fynn, Chandigarh today, the modern Indian city designed by Le Corbusier

High Court Projected by architect Le Corbusier Chandigarh (capital of Punjab and Haryana) - India [Suprema Corte de Chandigarh, projetada pelo arquiteto franco-suíço Le Corbusier em Chandigarh, nova capital do Punjab, na Índia, nos anos 1950]

From mountainside escapes to monumental museums, durable and humble concrete delivers a solid performance

Panjab University Student Centre, Chandigarh, India, designed by Shri B.P. Manthur in 1975

Image 24 of 59 from gallery of AD Classics: Master Plan for Chandigarh / Le Corbusier. Photograph by Laurian Ghinitoiu

Fig. 637 (p. 776) - The city of Chandigarh has a grid-like structure, but irregular shaped areas soften the intermediate space of the separate blocks. The actual work started in early 1951 and most of Phase One was completed by 1965. CORBUSIER, Le (1923/1958). Vers une architecture. Editions Vincent, Freal & Cie, Paris. quadralectics.wordpress.com/4-representation/4-1-form/4-1...