Le Corbusier Museum and Research Centre in Chandigarh, India

The Le Corbusier Museum and Research Centre is located in Chandigarh, India. The Indian city of Chandigarh shall soon have its own museum and research centre dedicated to the works of Le Corbusier, the architect who conceptualised and designed the city in the 1950’s. The building, which will be the sixth of its kind in [...]

Toothpick City II update in Ronchamp, France

Toothpick City II update that located in Ronchamp, France, was designed by Editorial. As his second Toothpick City neared completion, Munro requested the aid of WAN readers by asking for inspiration in the form of building suggestions. The invitation received many responses, despite being ‘really difficult buildings that [he’d] been avoiding’. Ultimately, Munro decided on [...]

Tags: Architecture, artist, France, Le Corbusier, Le Corbusier's chapel, Modern art, Modernism, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, Toothpick, Toothpick City, WAN

Vanguardia Offices in Santiago, Chile

Vanguardia Offices that located in Santiago, Chile, was designed by Gonzalo Mardones. The intercropped office spaces and circulations are interspersed allowing an interconnected series of spaces and spatial variety. The architectural space is enhanced through a functional poly-space. Besides the use of the roof through the fifth façade (term coined by Le Corbusier), the building [...]

Tags: Architecture, Building engineering, Chile, Construction, Framing, Gonzalo Mardones, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Le Corbusier, Modernism, Purism, Santiago, Ventilation, Visual arts

The Dillon in New York, United States

The Dillon that located in New York, United States, was designed by Smith Miller Hawkinson Architects. Despite a slowed economy, the quest for the quintessential New York apartment is alive and well. For the discerning buyer there are many new residential buildings to choose from. One of the more interesting ones is the Dillon, a [...]

Tags: Architecture, Christian Uhl, Dillon, Henry Smith Miller, Le Corbusier, Modern art, New York, New York City, United States, Visual arts

Vardas House in Paphos, Cyprus

Located in Paphos, Cyprus, Vardas House was designed by Vardas studio. Purity in materials and forms characterise this house. The idea was to produce a ‘brutal’ raw building that has nothing to hide, revealing itself to the outside world that it stands bold without any fear. The deliberate use of one material gives a greater [...]

Tags: Architect, Architecture, Concrete, Construction, Cyprus, India, Le Corbusier, Modernism, Paphos, Purism, Vardas studio, Visual arts