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Le Corbusier’s furniture and interiors

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Garden Shed à la Le Corbusier

by Anneke Bokern

Garden Shed à la Le Corbusier
In 1952, Le Corbusier put his concept of a minimal living module on the Côte d'Azur into practice. He built the "cabanon" in the immediate vicinity of Eileen Gray's Villa E1027; it was a tiny structure that barely measures 15 square meters.
Twelve dreams under the big blue sky

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Back when Chandigarh was being built

by Sandra Hofmeister

Back when Chandigarh was being built
Ernst Scheidegger's photos of the Indian city of Chandigarh document the reality of a utopia being built. More than 50 years later and previously unpublished, the photos are now appearing for the first time in an illustrated book.
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The horn-rimmed perspective

by Markus Frenzl

The horn-rimmed perspective
For decades now the initials "LC" have been sufficient to conjure up in the minds of architects and designers an impressive work which has characterized the 20th century like almost no other: Be it "Villa Savoye", Ronchamp, "Unité d'Habitation" or Chandigarh, "Modulor", "LC"-armchair or -Chaiselongue - the designs of French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier (1887 bis 1965) rate as milestones in architecture and design history.