In 1948, the architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier, released one of his most famous publications titled Modular, followed by Modular 2 (1953). In these texts, Le ...

In this distinctive, bold print, Le Corbusier's theories of modular architecture are succinctly illustrated. Le Corbusier felt that there was an inseparable connection between painting and ...

ArchDaily is continuing our partnership with The Architectural Review, bringing you short introductions to the themes of the magazine’s monthly editions. In this post, we take a look at AR’s September ...

Discover the iconic modernist French architect at a major Centre Pompidou show that includes his painting as well as models for social housing. Centre Pompidou’s ‘Mesures de l’Homme’ takes the Modulor ...

The golden ratio is obtained by looking for a particular rectangle. Let us imagine a rectangle of length b and width a. Inside this rectangle, we draw a square (an x a). We are left with a rectangle ...

One hour into Tuesday's press visit, the elephant in the room was as conspicuous as the architect’s concrete blocks, and sure enough it came stomping out at the first question: “A comprehensive ...

Two contrasting books about Le Corbusier – one authoritative, the other gossipy – unintentionally complement one another, writes Joseph Rykwert Another Corbusier season seems upon us, with a ...

Le Corbusier — the Swiss-French master of modernist architecture — was a fascist sympathizer who had an office in Vichy during the Second World War and displayed anti-Semitism in his private ...