Le Corbusier

According to Le Corbusier: 5 Facts to Know, he introduced the Dom-ino housing prototype in 1914.²

According to ArchDaily, his colour theory, set out in Polychromie architecturale (1931), held that colour evokes emotion and shapes spatial perception.⁴ According to ArchDaily, his color theory was set out in PolyChromie Architecturale, published in 1931.⁴ According to ArchDaily, his 1931 architectural polychromy presented a systematic approach to choosing colors.⁴

According to ArchDaily, the 1931 color collection consisted of 43 shades in 14 series, and a 1959 collection added 20 more intense shades.⁴ According to ArchDaily, that account groups colors as constructive, dynamic and transitional.⁴ According to ArchDaily, the 1931 color collection contained 43 shades in 14 series.⁴

According to ArchDaily, a further collection of 20 shades appeared in 1959.⁴ Le Corbusier's 1931 Polychromie Architecturale collection was later supplemented by a 1959 collection of 20 additional shades, according to ArchDaily.⁴ According to Le Corbusier: 5 Facts to Know, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was born in 1887 and died in 1965.^2,4,5

According to Le Corbusier: 5 Facts to Know, le Corbusier worked as an architect, urban planner, decorator, painter, sculptor, and writer.^2,5 According to Le Corbusier: 5 Facts to Know, his work extended beyond architecture to urban planning, painting, interior design and writing.^2,5 According to Le Corbusier: 5 Facts to Know, Barnebys gives his name as Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris and dates him 1887–1965.²

According to Le Corbusier: 5 Facts to Know, Secondary accounts list Chandigarh, the housing unit, and work with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand among his projects.² Le Corbusier's Dom-ino prototype was conceived as a solution to housing needs arising from First World War damage, according to Barnebys.² According to Le Corbusier: 5 Facts to Know, the Dom-ino proposal combined a supplied structural frame with spaces occupants could complete using locally available materials.² According to Le Corbusier: 5 Facts to Know, his portrait appeared on the 10-franc Swiss note that entered circulation on 8 April 1997.²

UN archives state that Oscar Niemeyer died on 5 December 2012 at the age of 104.¹ The UN Headquarters design process involved discussion of every plan and model in order to reach consensus, according to the UN Archives.¹ The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters was laid on 24 October 1949.¹

Jørn Utzon commissioned Le Corbusier to make a tapestry for the Sydney Opera House.⁶ Utzon's Sydney Opera House design won an international competition in 1958.⁶ By October 1960 Utzon owned a tapestry signed by Le Corbusier.⁶

Utzon had received the tapestry by October 1960.⁶ The tapestry now hangs in the Opera House's western foyer.⁶

Niemeyer said in 1947 that designing for the UN required keeping in mind what the UN is.¹ A Guardian account says that in 1958 Le Corbusier was at the height of his fame and famously unwilling to collaborate.⁶ According to Le Corbusier, he believed color could affect emotional responses and perceptions of space.⁴

According to Le Corbusier, le Corbusier wrote that his color keyboards put personal choice on a systematic basis.⁴ According to Le Corbusier, he described his 'Keyboards of Color' as aiming to stimulate personal selection by placing the task of choosing on a sound systematic basis.⁴ According to Barnebys, the Dom-ino design is described as a response to damage from the First World War, aimed at quick, inexpensive reconstruction.²

According to Larousse encyclopedia, his thought has been described as oriented toward an authoritarian system, though his architecture remains noted for generous spatial treatment.⁵ According to Marc Perelman, in 2015 Marc Perelman wrote in Le Monde that Le Corbusier was a fascist and that the French academy had whitewashed that history.³ According to Fondation Le Corbusier, the Fondation Le Corbusier expressed unhappiness with these allegations and sought explanations from signatories of related letters.³

According to Exhibition pavilion study, a study of his exhibition spaces from 1924 to 1962 finds a recurring reverse double-triangle roof or facade form.⁷ Towards an Architecture says architecture is unrelated to styles and is a play of volumes assembled in light.⁸ According to Le Corbusier, he asserted that architecture has nothing to do with various 'styles'.⁸

According to Le Corbusier, he defined architecture as 'the masterful, correct, and magnificent play of volumes brought together in light.'⁸ The same text says brute fact becomes amenable to ideas only through an imposed order.⁸