The Architects' Journal, March 3rd, 2005
Architecture is a complex art embracing form and function, symbol and social purpose, technique and belief-a three-dimensional interpretation of the human condition, writes Jaz Vilkhu. Because Le Corbusier, a Swiss architect often mistaken for being French, understood this, I looked forward to appreciating his Chandigarh as a British Indian during a recent visit to northern India.
Fifty years ago, in this northern Indian city, Le Corbusier was given a blank canvas of farmland, incorporating 24 villages, two seasonal rivulets and a magnificent backdrop of blue Himalayan foothills, known as the...
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