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The Open Hand (La Main Ouverte) is a recurring motif in Le Corbusier's architecture, a sign for him of "peace and reconciliation. It is open to give and open to receive." The largest of the many Open Hand sculptures that Le Corbusier created is a 26-metre-high (85 ft) version in Chandigarh, India, known as Open Hand Monument.
Developed in the 1920s, Le Corbusier's 'Five Points of Modern Architecture' (French: Cinq points de l'architecture moderne) are a set of architectural ideologies and classifications that are rationalized across five core components: [3] Pilotis – a grid of slim reinforced concrete pylons that assume the structural weight of a building.
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement is a World Heritage Site consisting of a selection of 17 building projects in several countries by the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier. [1]
Centre Le Corbusier / Heidi Weber Museum: Zurich: Switzerland: 1963: 1966: heritage listed: Club House Chandigarh India 1964 Church of Saint-Pierre, Firminy: Firminy: France: 1960: 2006 (built posthumously and completed under José Oubrerie's guidance in 2006) Baghdad Gymnasium: Baghdad Iraq 1956 1980
Dom-Ino House (French: Maison Dom-Ino) is an open floor plan modular structure designed by the pioneering architect Le Corbusier in 1914–1915. [1] [2] This design became the foundation for most of his architecture for the next ten years.
Le Corbusier 47°06′18″N 6°49′00″E / 47.105067°N 6.816687°E / 47.105067; 6.816687 Villa Fallet is a traditional chalet located in La Chaux-de-Fonds , Switzerland designed and built by the eighteen-year-old Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (1887–1965), who later became better known as Le Corbusier
Villa Savoye (French pronunciation:) is a modernist villa and gatelodge in Poissy, on the outskirts of Paris, France.It was designed by the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, and built between 1928 and 1931 using reinforced concrete.
The first and most famous of the Unité d'Habitation buildings is in Marseille, France, and was built between 1947 and 1952.One of Le Corbusier's most famous works, it proved enormously influential and is often cited as the initial inspiration for the Brutalist architectural style and philosophy.