corbusier

UT may take pride in calling itself a city of modern heritage, but when it comes to protecting and preserving it, the administration has not been able to do much. The rare, state-of-the-art furniture belonging to city's creator Le Corbusier and his associate Pierre Jeannerret is lying in state of utter neglect in various government [...]

Chandigarh features among cities in the country that will be placed on the list of applicants for the status of World Heritage City under a project of the World Heritage Centre(WHC) of UNESCO. ‘The issue has cropped up following a nod from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture saying that Chandigarh be placed on the [...]

The expose of the missing Le Corbusier tapestries from the High Court reveals apathy towards heritage. Kiran Joshi weaves the story behind the artefacts.