By introducing dynamic colors selectively, Le Corbusier aimed to create focal points and visual details that capture attention and infuse energy into an architectural composition. The use of ...

The Unite d’Habitation in Marseille, France was the first large scale project for the famed architect, Le Corbusier. In 1947, Europe was still feeling the effects of the Second World War ...

This year marks the centennial of the first edition of Vers Une Architecture, Le Corbusier’s epoch-making ... In the final section of his manifesto, he increased the hyperbole as he chastised ...

Le Corbusier was not only one of 20th-century architecture's leading figures but also a defining father of modernism, as well as a polarising figure; here, we explore the life and work of an architect ...

Chosen from the work of Le Corbusier, the 17 sites comprising this transnational serial property are spread over seven countries and are a testimonial to the invention of a new architectural language ...

The Maison La Roche in Paris is one of architect Le Corbusier's star buildings. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is a perfect illustration of his innovative architectural principles.

With this brief sentence, Swiss-born French architect and designer Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (or "Le Corbusier") summarised the crux of his functionalist vision in the so-called "manifesto" of ...

At the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (Architecture and Heritage City) in Paris, you can get immersed in Le ...

The dishevelled space is perhaps not what might be expected of Le Corbusier, as he called himself — a pioneer of modern architecture, with its pristine geometric forms and egalitarian functionalism.