Creations of Le Corbusier

09/01/2026

Le Corbusier's significant last completed project was the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh, India, with final elements finished around 1962, while his final architectural design, the Pavillon Le Corbusier (Heidi Weber Museum) in Zurich, was completed posthumously in 1967, showcasing his pioneering use of steel and glass, though he died in 1965.

12/04/2025

Le Corbusier (born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, 1887–1965) was a Swiss-French architect, urban planner, designer, and writer who is considered one of the pioneers of modern architecture.

14/04/2023

26/10/2021

22/05/2018

The Open Hand Monument is a symbolic structure designed by the architect Le Corbusier and located in the Capitol Complex of the Indian city and union territory of Chandigarh. It is the emblem or symbol of the Government of Chandigarh and symbolizes "the hand to give and the hand to take; peace and prosperity, and the unity of mankind".[1] The largest example of Le Corbusier's many Open Hand sculptures,[2] it stands 26 metres (85 ft) high. The metal structure with vanes is 14 metres (46 ft) high, weighs 50 short tons (100,000 lb), and was designed to rotate in the wind.

22/05/2018

The idea of creating Chandigarh, a new city post-Independence, free from the shackles of history, unbound and a symbol of modernity belonged entirely to Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1949, on Nehru’s invitation, Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier began his Chandigarh experiment, which became an extraordinary laboratory of architecture and town planning. Together with his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret and a team of architects, Le Corbusier conceived and designed a way of living for a people whose culture and life he was completely unfamiliar with. Sixty years later, it is this human encounter with Corbusian architecture, which intrigued photographer Manuel Bougot enough to keep returning to Chandigarh over two years to take photographs. Apart from photographing the landmark institutional buildings that define Chandigarh, Bougot also takes the viewer into private spaces – homes and villas, which borrow elements from the Corbusian vocabulary.

22/05/2018

Saint-Pierre, Firminy
The last major work of Le Corbusier, the building was completed posthumously in 2006 – 41 years after his death – by his student José Oubrerie. The great cone rises from the land like the surrounding mountains, and while the exterior is plain concrete, unanticipated beauty awaits inside. Le Corbusier’s innovative use of windows is epitomized in Saint-Pierre, with strips of windows in primary colors and a projection of circles akin to constellations in the night sky. The space is a cave that embraces the visitor like a womb – a sanctuary in the turbulent world.

22/05/2018

Mill Owners’ Association Building, Ahmedabad
After Le Corbusier began his work in Chandigarh, he began to create a new headquarter for the Mill Owners’ Association. While there are few curves in this building, the slanting walls beside the small, domestic windows give depth to the texture of the building. The structure does not appear dominating or austere, but warm, welcoming and full of life. The verdant location and integrated foliage are vital to creating a healthy atmosphere.

22/05/2018

Notre Dame du Haut, Romchamp
Iconic Notre Dame du Haut is one of the earliest Modernist churches. It is not a total departure from traditional church architecture, with its stained glass, tower and high ceilings, symbolically drawing the eye – and the mind – towards heaven. However, the southern wall is most remarkable, beginning as a narrow point on the eastern edge and expanding outwards to ten feet of thickness as it curves around. Each window is cut through the wall in different sizes and angles, scattering ethereal colored light across the room.

22/05/2018

Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh
The Palace of Assembly is the elegant counterpart to the nearby Palace of Justice. Set beside an azure pool, this busy place nevertheless evokes serenity and reflection. There is a regularity to the building, with few deviations from the design system. A flat-roofed block with rectangular windows is hidden behind a monumental facade, with a U-shaped roof piercing the severity of the concrete. More sedate than the colorful Palace of Justice, its equilibrium of form and symmetry nevertheless makes the Palace of Assembly an equally-striking building.