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Le Corbusier

Charles-douard
Jeanneret-Gris
(1887-1965)

Reinforced Concrete:
The Dom-ino System
1914

Maison Cook, Boulogne-sur-Seine,


1926-27

Maison Cook,
Boulogne-sur-Seine,
1926-27

Design drawings

Villa Stein / de Monzie (Les Terasses), Garches, France, 1926-28

Villa Stein / de Monzie (Les Terasses), Garches, France, 1926-28

Villa Savoye (Les Heures Claires), Poissy, France, 1928-31

Villa Savoye (Les Heures Claires), Poissy, France, 1928-31

Villa Savoye (Les Heures Claires),


Poissy, France, 1928-31

Pavillion Suisse (Swiss Pavilion)


Cit Universitaire, Paris, France, 1930-31

Pavillion Suisse (Swiss Pavilion)


Cit Universitaire, Paris, France,
1930-31

Pavillion Suisse (Swiss Pavilion)


Cit Universitaire, Paris, France,
1930-31

Le Corbusier
Skyscraper Project for Algiers
1938-39

Unit dHabitation, Marseilles, France


1947-53

Unit dHabitation, Marseilles, France 1947-53

Unit dHabitation,
Marseilles,
France 1947-53

Precedents: monastery, passenger ship, social condenser

Unit dHabitation, Marseilles,


France 1947-53

Concept: the bottle rack


(structural frame & unit inserts)

Unit dHabitation, Marseilles, France 1947-53

Unit dHabitation,
Marseilles, France 1947-53

Le Corbusier
Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut
Ronchamp, France, 1950-55

Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut
Ronchamp, France, 1950-55

Millowners Association Building, Ahmadabad, India, 1951-54

Millowners Association Building,


Ahmadabad, India, 1951-54

Millowners Association Building,


Ahmadabad, India, 1951-54

City Plan, Chandigarh, Punjab, India, 1951

Plan, Capitol, Chandigarh, 1956

Chandigarh Capitol Complex:


Governors Palace project, 1952

Tower of the Shadows Pavilion and Open Hand Monument, 1951


(constructed in 1985)

High Court, 1951-55

Secretariat, 1951-55

Secretariat, 1951-55

Parliament Building (Assembly) Chandigarh, India, 1951-63

Parliament Building (Assembly) Chandigarh, India, 1951-63

Parliament Building (Assembly) Chandigarh, India, 1951-63

Parliament Building (Assembly) Chandigarh,


India, 1951-63

Chandigarh, early views and in 2005

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts


Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
1959-63.

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts


Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
1959-63.

Heidi Weber Pavilion, Zurich, Switzerland, 1961-65

Heidi Weber Pavilion, Zurich, Switzerland, 1961-65

The New Monumentality (Unit dHabitation, Seagram Building)

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