The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement

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The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier: A Transnational Testimony to the Modern Movement

The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that encompasses 17 buildings designed by the influential Swiss-French architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier. This transnational serial property, inscribed in 2016, spans seven countries and offers a unique insight into the development and dissemination of modernist architecture throughout the 20th century.

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UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site

Chosen from the work of Le Corbusier, the 17 sites comprising this transnational serial property are spread over seven countries and are a testimonial to the invention of a new architectural language that made a break with the past. They were built over a period of a half-century, in the course of what Le Corbusier described as “patient research”. The Complexe du Capitole in Chandigarh (India), the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (Japan), the House of Dr Curutchet in La Plata (Argentina) and the Unité d’habitation in Marseille (France) reflect the solutions that the Modern Movement sought to apply during the 20th century to the challenges of inventing new architectural techniques to respond to the needs of society. These masterpieces of creative genius also attest to the internationalization of architectural practice across the planet.

Encyclopedia Record: The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier

The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement is a World Heritage Site consisting of a selection of 17 building projects in several countries by the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier. These sites demonstrate how Modern Movement architecture was applied to respond to the needs of society and show the global range of a style and an architect.

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