The Play Of Light: A Tribute to Corbusier 

The Play Of Light: A Tribute to Corbusier 

On  Le Corbusier’s  50th death  anniversary, a photography exhibition has been organised by Alliance Francaise de Bangalore. The backdrop: Chandigarh  has  the  unique  attribute  of  being  the  only completely inhabited  city  designed  by  Le  Corbusier.  The photographer Ajay Bhatia   considers himself fortunate  that the city  has  been  his home for  more  than  three  decades  now. He says, […]

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The Woman Corbusier Envied

The Woman Corbusier Envied

Eileen Gray, was an Irish architect and furniture designer. Born in Ireland in 1878, Gray was from an aristocratic family; she became the nineteenth Baroness Gray in 1895. She attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London where she studied painting. In 1900 she went on her first visit to Paris and visited the Exposition Universelle, an international design […]

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Corbusier’s Chandigarh

Corbusier’s Chandigarh

“Le Corbusier has sought to create an architecture of passion in Chandigarh. His buildings-both in concept and visual language-have always been presented at a certain decibel level. No sotto-voce, no politeness but like Wagner-thunder in the concert hall.” This was how legendary architect Charles Correa described Le Corbusier’s design for the city of Chandigarh. He also […]

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