Chandigarh’s original master plan was rooted in ideals of functionality, hierarchy of movement, and clear segregation of ...

“And this experiment of Chandigarh was where Le Corbusier put all of his previous ... sits at a desk beneath a giant master plan that takes up most of the wall behind his head, while his ...

The fulfillment of Le Corbusier's plans at Chandigarh, Marseilles ... of an international group of architects, developed the master plan for the United Nations Secretariat and Assembly.

The same plan puts the number ... former director of Le Corbusier Centre, an authority on the city's master architect, and a former associate professor at Chandigarh College of Architecture.

(HT File Photo) The intention is clear: to safeguard the city’s master plan and architectural legacy. But Chandigarh is no longer the tabula rasa it was in the 1950s. Cities evolve—so do their ...

as revised by Le Corbusier, promoted the concept of balance between the collective and the individual, and had its prototype in the Unité d’habitation, while the Capitol Complex, the focal point of ...

When Chandigarh was designed in the 1950s, it wasn’t merely a city being built; it was a vision. A modernist masterpiece ...

Chandigarh has received World Heritage status from UNESCO, after a special meeting in Turkey decided that all of Le Corbusier's architecture must be preserved. So what does this mean for the "City ...