There was also the painful Iranian question in the just concluded 49th edition of Arte Fiera in Bologna, anno domini 2026 (the first signed by new director Davide Ferri). Before ornament was declared ...

Foreword / Daniel Birnbaum and Ann-Sofi Noring -- Foreword / Staffan Ahrenberg -- Introduction / Jean-Louis Cohen -- Portfolio: Richard Pare -- A journey through the modern world : The life and work ...

`The time of history ... a sea occupied by innumerable forms of a finite number of types.` George Kubler, The Shape of Time There is no single key to the enigmatic world of Le Corbusier. As well as ...

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NEW YORK — Le Corbusier was one of the four or five greatest architects of the 20th century, and probably the most influential. He was born in 1887 in Switzerland, lived most of his life in France, ...

What moves us humans, physically and emotionally? This is the theme explored by the protagonist of modern architecture Le Corbusier (1887-1965) as well as by the great Danish artist Asger Jorn ...

The town outside Paris is home to Villa Savoye, one of his most famous projects. View of the west and south facades of Villa Savoye, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, and built between ...

Become a paid member to listen to this article On the roof of Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation in Marseille After 60 years of existence, Le Corbusier‘s Unité d’Habitation in Marseille remains a ...

After giving his views on the architectural perfection of Venice (see the UNESCO Courier, March, 1994), Le Corbusier invited modern society to devote its art and industry to the service of town ...

THE Visual Arts Center, financed by a $1.5 million gift to the Program for Harvard College by Alfred St. Vrain Carpenter '05 and the late Mrs. Carpenter, of Medford, Ore., is the first Le Corbusier ...