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By admin on August 12, 2010
Even as a magisterial panel probes the alleged theft of items designed by Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, another piece of Chandigarh’s heritage is set to go under the hammer in London. Bonhams is planning to auction a collection of furniture designed by Jeanneret, second cousin of internationally renowned architect Le Corbusier, as [...]
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By Amandeep Madra on September 1, 2008
A museum and research centre is to come up here to showcase the talent of Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier, the man who designed Chandigarh. It will be the sixth such centre in the world.
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By Amandeep Madra on August 22, 2008
The Sector 19 office of Le Corbusier, the place where the architect sat and draw plans for the City Beautiful, will be converted into the Le Corbusier Centre this October. The centre will preserve, interpret, research and display Corbusier’s works and maintain his legacy.
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By Amandeep Madra on May 2, 2008
Chandigarh, the first planned city of India, today presents a picture of a clean and open "garden" city with an array of architectural wonders. And the main credit goes to Le Corbusier and his team.
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By Amandeep Madra on April 15, 2008
Chandigarh, April 14: For the intelligentsia in Punjab and Haryana, acclaimed architect Le Corbusier's name will always be held in the highest respect for gifting them the well-planned Chandigarh city. Not many are aware that there exists a museum dedicated to him in Chandigarh.
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By Amandeep Madra on January 29, 2008
Chandigarh, built on the baking plains of northern India, is one of Le Corbusier's greatest achievements. But does the city deserve World Heritage status?
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By Amandeep Madra on January 2, 2008
Chandigarh today boasts of all those features which are required to get a world heritage status. The next step is the submission of a dossier to the UNESCO for its nomination. Amidst hectic activities which are underway, the city recently hosted a high powered team from UNESCO.
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By Amandeep Madra on December 18, 2007
The Chandigarh administration in collaboration with UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre and the Archaeological Survey of India began a four-day workshop on “Management of Historic Urban Landscapes of the 20th Century” at the CII here today. The MC mayor was the chief guest.
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By Amandeep Madra on July 8, 2007
Furniture, artefacts by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret were sold very cheap in the city Chandigarh. The furniture designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, another architect working with Le Corbusier, and other artefacts including pictures sold for around 8 million US dollars at the auction held at Christie's on June 5. The furniture had [...]
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By Amandeep Madra on March 4, 2007
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 [...]
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