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CHANDIGARH REVEALED: Le Corbusier\'s City Today Hardcover
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Photographs and Text by Shaun Fynn Foreword by Haristella Casciato Essay buy Vik
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  • ISBN 13 : 9789385360138
  • year : 2017
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The unlikely story of Le Corbusier and Chandigarh has proven itself to be one of modernism's boldest experiments. Born of a vision of a modern India, Chandigarh-designed by Le Corbusier-was created as a statement for an emerging modern nation-state. Its Capitol Complex, considered by many as Le Corbusier's masterpiece, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. Like all visionaries, Le Corbusier was adept at taking the iconic and symbolic and using them to fashion his own unique vocabulary. This volume explores the way in which his ideas created fertile grounds for architecture and urban planning in Chandigarh, and in India, that encapsulated the visions of the post-war and post-colonial era. With insightful analyses of buildings across Chandigarh, the author illuminates the compositional poetry evident in Le Corbusier's structures and the ways in which the patina of time has changed the city. A visceral journey through a remarkable modernist landscape using the photographic medium, Chandigarh Revealed pays homage to the works of a master with reflective observations of a living city. Photographer and designer Shaun Fynn has over 20 years' experience working with Fortune 500 companies. His work has won many awards and has been exhibited and published internationally. Vikramaditya Prakash, an authority on modernism and Indian architecture, teaches at the University of Washington, Seattle, and is the Director of the Chandigarh Urban Lab.