Le Corbusier

New buildings for new India: Completed in 1954, The Mill Owners' Association Building (ATMA House) married the aspirations of a newly Independent India and Le Corbusier's research into how to build for the local climate and context of Ahmedabad.

Design Heritage: How Chandigarh’s Palace of Assembly, a never-seen-before building, became the face of democratic India

Among the buildings Le Corbusier gave life to in Independent India is Chandigarh's Palace of Assembly, an architectural marvel, unlike anything India had seen before. A city architect speaks about the building and how new designs could learn from older architecture principles.

SC bans 'apartmentalisation' of residential units in Chandigarh Phase-I

A bench of Justices B R Gavai and B V Nagarathna heard the case and rendered a decision applicable to Phase 1 of Chandigarh which is considered a heritage area, popularly also known as Corbusier Chandigarh.

Who says a chair is ‘just’ a piece of furniture? Ask pharaoh Tutankhamen

Sofas and chairs in modern homes all owe their origin to designs of the past - from the ornamental Rococo to Neoclassical styles and the comfy, upholstered 18th century Bergère armchair.