BusinessWeek Online -- Architecture

Inside Beijing's National Swimming Center
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:56:00 -0400
A multidisciplinary design team employed an innovative digital process to produce a surprising, highly integrated envelope-and-structure combination
Battersea Power Station's Sustainable Makeover
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:26:00 -0400
Rafael Viñoly, the architect behind a plan to build a 1,000-foot chimney on the site of the south London icon, defends the controversial proposal
Going Green Is Good for Your Wallet
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:34:00 -0400
Two recent studies show that green building standards not only are effective, but also escalate property values

MIT News: Architecture

MIT architect Sass puts up a prefab at MoMA
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Larry Sass, assistant professor of computation in the MIT Department of Architecture, is one of five architects featured in a major show this summer at the Museum of Modern Art titled "Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling."
Making a splash in Zaragoza
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500
An MIT-designed building featuring water walls that can be programmed to display patterns and images is being unveiled this week at the opening of the Zaragoza World Expo in Spain.
Interview with the dean: Adele Santos
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500
An interview with Dean Adele Santos, dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, in which Santos discusses the school's goals and challenges and the role it can play in the future of sustainable cities across the world.

 

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Against Functionalism - Yve-Alain Bois looks back at the centennial year celebrations of Le Corbusier, particularly two shows in Paris: Beaubourg's at the Centre Pompidou and that by the Hotel de Sully.
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Carpenter Center - Images by Jeffery Howe of the building designed by LeCorbusier at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, built 1962.

Cassina Le Corbusier Collection - Details of furniture designed by Corbusier.
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Fondation Le Corbusier - The official site of the Le Corbusier Foundation in Paris includes its goals, summaries of recent issues of its Bulletin, details of its Le Corbusier buildings and a biography of the architect.

Le Corbusier - Biography and bibliography of this most influential of 20th-century architects, with samples of his work, in Great Buildings Online.
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Le Corbusier - Brief biography and pictorial survey of the present state of most of the work of Le Corbusier by Rein Saariste and his son. Part of the AGRAM database.
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Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp - Images by Jeffery Howe of the LeCorbusier church, built 1950-54.

Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp - On-line walk-through by Scott Demel of Le Corbusier's chapel at Ronchamp, considered one of the finest and most important buildings of the 20th century.
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The Architect Le Corbusier - Article on the innovatory Swiss architect by Witold Rybczynski from Time Magazine with photo portrait, accompanied by the master's guiding tenet in audio.
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Villa Ruf - Villa Ruf was executed by the Genevois architect Francis Quétant in line with the design conception of Le Corbusier. Provides an overview of the building with links to further resources describing the link between Villa Ruf and Le Corbusier.