Architecture

Le Corbusier: Architect and Feminist

Flora Samuel, an architect and lecturer at the Welsh School of Architecture, has written widely on the subject of Le…

3 weeks ago

10 Things You Might Not Know About Frank Lloyd Wright

1. The highly praised architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), had quite the complex personal life. He was married three times…

2 months ago

Le Corbusier

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris—better known as Le Corbusier, the name he adopted in 1920—was among the most significant architects and urban planners…

2 months ago

10 Things You Might Not Know About Le Corbusier

1. Designer and architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris was born in Switzerland in 1887, but re-named himself Le Corbusier in the early…

6 months ago

Le Corbusier Le Grand

Several years ago, the German boutique publisher Taschen released a book of monumental proportions to celebrate one of boxing’s greatest…

6 months ago

A Life by Design: Kenneth Frampton on the Life and Work of Le Corbusier

  Arguably the most influential architect, designer, and urban planner of the 20th century, Swiss-born Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887–1965), played…

7 months ago

By His Own Design: Robert Twombly on The Individualism of Frank Lloyd Wright

  Widely hailed as the greatest American architect of all time, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) designed hundreds of iconic buildings and…

11 months ago

Le Corbusier: A Man Ahead of His Time (and Ours)

Happy birthday, Le Corbusier! On this day in 1887, a man was born who would go on to revolutionize the…

1 year ago

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: The Master of Minimalism Turns 137

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, born on March 27th, 1886, was a German-American architect who is widely regarded as one…

2 years ago

Hitler’s Favorite Jew: The Enigma of Otto Weininger

This piece has been excerpted from a forthcoming book titled Hitler's Favorite Jew: The Enigma of Otto Weininger by Allan…

3 years ago