Category Archives: Le Corbusier

The Aeronauts go to Ronchamp

Three Mirage 2000 jets of L’armée de l’air fly north towards the Franche Comte/Lorraine border in this odd postcard from Ronchamp*. The aerial view is not particularly flattering to a building that was designed to be approached from the slopes … Continue reading

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Maisons Jaoul

seier+seier’s photograph of Le Corbusier’s Maisons Jaoul. Click here for picture & discussion.

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Le Zep

To Liverpool for one of the talks in the Le Corbusier Lives! season hosted by Liverpool John Moores University, and for a second look at the Corb exhibition in the Metropolitan Cathedral crypt. The talk was actually a series of … Continue reading

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Le Corbusier: The Art of Architecture

To Liverpool for the architectural event of the autumn – the collision between Lutyens and Le Corbusier in the Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt. Unfortunately the overbearing and labyrinthine staging of the exhibition makes what might have been an interesting combat between … Continue reading

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Eisenman in Liverpool!

OK, the main event is obviously the opening of the Corb exhibition in Lutyens’ crypt (the subtitle ‘The Art of Architecture’ doesn’t inspire) but Peter Eisenman has got to be worth a trip. Peter Eisenman: Architecture and the Cultural Project … Continue reading

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French concrete brut mystery

This photograph was taken in France in the 1950’s by architect John Sagar. Can anyone identify this wonderful concrete structure? Update 12 July: See comments

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Corb in twenty-four

The bow-tie appears at 6.00 am. The hat changes but the spectacles are constant, not vanishing until just before midnight, although they were raised briefly after lunch. Image: Collage at the Musée Picasso Corb v Lutyens

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The details of modern architecture

Doppelhaus/Two-family house by Le Corbusier at Weissenhofseidlung Stuttgart. Picture taken in 1983. Peter Moro’s sketchbook

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