The Maison La Roche in Paris is one of architect Le Corbusier's star buildings. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is ...

Glenn McIntire had always wanted to be an architect—a title he took on at almost 80 years old when he expanded a ...

Explore the interplay of light and shadow in architecture, enhancing perception, atmosphere, and emotional responses.

Read the original 1969 review of Paul Rudolph’s landmark chapel at the historic Alabama university, which is the subject of a new exhibition at the Yale Architecture Gallery.

Since it was built in 1869, the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception has been the focal point of the University of Dayton. In terms of mission, spirituality, and campus geography, the chapel marks the ...

The concept of elevating architecture as a design strategy was perhaps first powerfully articulated in Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye. Supported by slender pilotis, the house is lifted above the ...

Yet this method would still appear valid in criticizing recent European architecture where the elaboration of space and form has continued without abatement; and the chapel by Le Corbusier may ...

The similarity of these structures to Le Corbusier’s originals goes beyond mere inspiration. If one knows the iconic forms of the Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France, then the Church of ...

After World War II, the Franco-Swiss architect who went by the name of Le Corbusier erected brazenly expressionistic buildings, including an 18-floor Marseilles housing project and a hilltop ...

Built in the 17th century in the Latin Quarter, the Sorbonne chapel embodies the elegance of French classicism, houses the tomb of Richelieu, and bears witness to the intellectual and ...