Talk:Le Corbusier
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[edit] Quote
We should include one of his most famous quotations, about a house being a machine for living in. -- Tarquin 17:15, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Look at the Wikipedia article Modernism. The section called "Modernism's reception and controversy" already has a reference to Le Corbusier's idea about houses being "machines for living in". Christopher Crossley 10:23, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
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- Right, but it is an important thing that was said that is attributed to Le Corbusier. The saying's relationship to Modernism comes from Le Corbusier. Markmtl 09:23, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Paris plan
I'm suprised not to see any images of Le Corbusier's plan for Paris. To me it's one of his most shocking and notable (if brutal) plans. [1] --Quasipalm 19:52, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] One for WikiQuotes
"Nothing is contradictory any more. Everything is in its place, properly arranged in order and hierarchy." I read it from "Introducing Modernism" by Chris Rodrigues and Chris Garratt. But I don't know where it was that Le Corbusier first said it.LionKimbro
[edit] World of Biography
I would like to add external link of his biography available at World of Biography It includes his life, quotations, chronology, list of publication and few sketches. --Kbi911 13:54, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- I have added the link --Kbi911 09:28, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] United Nations headquarters
Is there a reason why there is no mention that Le Corbusier was one of the designers of the UN HQ in New York? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.117.1.149 (talk • contribs) .
- Yes, I'll add this now. The board of design consultants for the building, on which Le Corbusier served, selected one of his designs. jareha (comments) 07:03, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Death
I was surprised to see that this category existed: Category:Architects who committed suicide. It is possible to speculate that he walked into the waters knowingly (as the article says "against his doctor's orders") and therefore comitted suicide... what do you think? Include the category? --Blahm 01:28, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
- According to Wikipedia:No original research, we are not to speculate. jareha (comments) 07:07, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] World of Biography
Hi, I would like to add an external link to the World of Biography entry (Le Corbusier Biography), probably the most famous portal of biography to this article. Does anybody have any objections? 17 Apr 2006 Raghuvir.
- No objections from me. jareha (comments) 07:09, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] He didn't design National Mosque, Malaysia
Somebody's claiming he designed Masjid Negara (National Mosque) in Kuala Lumpur. I highly doubt it. The Badan Warisan Malaysia lists the designers as from the Public Works Department: Howard Ashley (lead), Hisham Albakri, and Baharuddin Kassim. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Straits-mongrel (talk • contribs) .
[edit] Intro format
Is there any reason why the image is aligned on the left, and the table of contents on the right? In my opinion it looks very cock-eyed at 1280x1024, and only marginally less so at 800x600. Most other biographical articles on Wikipedia do it the other way round, for good reasons I think. --RobertG ♬ talk 09:50, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
- This has now been accounted for by recent changes: the image presumably on this page when you made the above comment since been deleted and I've moved the table of contents back to the left. jareha (comments) 06:37, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] An observation
I would like to say one word about something I've been thinking about lately. In an architecture and design forum, one participant claimed that Le Corbusier erred in his urban visions, which isn't true, because he practically never got the chance to realize what he was drawing or theorizing about. Others pointed out to me an article about the Cabrini-Green neighborhood in Chicago, its malfunctionings, implying Le Corbusier's (and maybe also Mies Van der Rohe's) ideas were to be held responsible. The Corviale building in Rome seems to have been inspired by Le Corbusier's theories, and so his name is in cause, and his ideas are often pointed at as failing. These are false accusations. Le Corbusier was battling (to no good use) when the Unité d'habitation in Berlin was being built with modifications to his drawings, and he reproached (as F. L. Wright did) also some epigons, when all they would do was take an element from his works formally and litterally witout interpreting the spirit and the sense. The Corviale building (to get back to the initilal examples, but there may be others), never was completed, had a very lacking management if not a lack of it, and then lived through particular adventures, with the several occupations that took place. If the Cabrini-Green complex has metallic grates enclosing the corridors that look quite uncomfortable, and if an elevator breaks down and nobody has it fixed for months or years, Le Corbusier (or Mies Van der Rohe) have nothing to do with that.
[edit] His Name/the status thereof
Can anybody confirm what the name we all know him by, "Le Corbusier", actually is; is it a nickname, a pen-name, or what? Certainly some of his books are attributed to "the crow" as being the author, rather than to "C-E Jeanneret". Does it have any official status (name change by deed poll equivalent etc?). Since wikipedia is frequently referred to by those writing essays/etc, this might be a useful topic to have clarification of. Like how 'Bucky' (R B Fuller) always gets mistakenly surnamed as Buckminster-Fuller. Graldensblud 14:00, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
