When we think of Le Corbusier, we tend to think of him in black and white. The monolithic Radiant City, the clean lines of Villa Savoye, even the photographs of Corb himself, lecturing students ...

What do an Ikea showroom floor, urban housing projects and Kanye West have in common? They've all been inspired, at least to some degree, by the Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier. Though his ...

Designed in 1928 and still produced by Cassina today, the LC4 by Le Corbusier, Jeanneret and Perriand demonstrates that good ...

Today, Le Corbusier’s legacy conjures up both images of Modernist villas, like the iconic Villa Savoye, and large, idealistic housing projects. On a far different scale, and far lesser known is an ...

World Heritage Corb: Le Corbusier's Dominican monastery in France is considered one of his most important works, and is next in our series revisiting the 17 buildings by the architect that have been ...

In talking about the book I recently had the privilege of seeing published, Modern Man: The Life of Le Corbusier, Architect of Tomorrow, my suspicions have been confirmed. Reactions to this ...

Chaslin’s research uncovered anti-Semitic sketches attributed to Le Corbusier. These shocking revelations come just as France is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the architect’s death (see A New ...

Nicole Wittenberg’s new suite of paintings at Paris’s Maison La Roche vitalizes Le Corbusier’s purist vision with bursts of color and gesture. Drawing on a range of historical traditions from the ...

The great Modernist designer Le Corbusier’s only architectural project in Africa was a seaside home for industrialist Lucien Baizeau who was based in Tunis. Built between 1928-1930, Villa Baizeau is ...

For the first time since its inception over a half-century ago, and after an extensive renovation, Le Corbusier's Pavilion—a museum designed by him, exhibiting works by him as well—has been completed ...

Firminy is a small, industrial town, part old, part modern, in a bowl of beautiful, wooded hills on the edge of the Massif Central. You might easily be in the Pennines or in the valleys of south Wales ...

Sardinian artist Cristian Chironi’s plans for the coming years include living in some 30 homes in 12 countries, but to call him a nomad would not be entirely accurate. His wandering is part of a ...