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Corbusier in Moscow

Tsentrosoyuz Building

Tsentrosoyuz Building

Corbusier’s only building in the Soviet Union.

‘I shall bring to this task all that I have learned in architecture. It is with great joy that I shall contribute what knowledge I possess to a nation that is being organized in accordance with its new spirit’

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After the 1947 Partition, Chandigahr was named as

After the 1947 Partition, Chandigahr was named as the new capital city in the Indian Punjab. For Prime Minister Nehru, Chandigahr would be, ‘an expression of the nation’s faith in the future.’

Construction began in 1952 with a plan created by American architect and urban planner Albert Mayer who worked together with Polish-American architect Matthew Nowicki. However Nowicki unexpectedly passed away and after a new search Corbusier was chosen to replace him. In the initial stages of this huge project Corbusier worked from France, creating the plan for the Capitol Complex from his Paris studio. Meanwhile the residential district was created by Pierre Jeanneret, Corbu’s cousin who was brought into the project. The team that grew enormously included British modernists Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew, and a large Indian team of architects including Urmila Eulie Chowdhury, Aditya Prakash, Vikramaditya Prakash and Jeet Malhotra. In this photo is the city’s new university now known as Punjab University. Photo with thanks to @bsantiard

The iconic Art Deco, Georgian Hotel in Santa Monic

The iconic Art Deco, Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica, architect M. Eugene Durfee. It welcomed its first guest in 1933 and became a favourite with stars and gangsters- and as we’d expect under the circumstances, had a secret speakeasy during the prohibition era. Back in ‘33 Santa Monica was a sleepy backwater far away from the prying eyes of Los Angeles gossip columnists, however that changed quickly and amongst its notable guests over the years were Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, Bugsy Segel, Al Capone and Fatty Arbuckle. It wasn’t until the 1950s that Santa Monica began to expand to became the seaside resort city it is today. The hotel has had its fair share of ups and downs in the intervening years and was even a retirement home at one point. In 2020 its new owner planned the now completed renovation and today it’s clearly returned to former Deco glory. Image Americo Toledano CC BY SA 4.0

The 1976 Conservatoire (the French National Buildi

The 1976 Conservatoire (the French National Building of Music and Dance) in the Croix-de-Chavaux district of Montreuil sous Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis. Architect and Urban Planner of the city, Claude Le Goas adhering to the principle ‘build the city on the city’, ‘construire la ville sur la ville’.. Photo with thanks to @guillaumemthx

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