ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the essay about Le Corbusier that explores the ideological and metaphysical core of modern architecture. The modernity project was indeed a political project aimed at overturning the classical order, which was seen as non-egalitarian and oppressive. As such, to view Le Corbusier in the present context leads to interesting readings on at least two levels; at one level it could be read as asking if Le Corbusier has any relevance today. At another level, it can also suggest an exploration of a body of work, half a century old, from the changed perspective of the present time to see if we can discover something that may have remained hidden from us for the last 50 years. The chapter also focuses on two projects which represent another aspect of Le Corbusier—the state assembly building at Chandigarh and the unrealized project for the League of Nations at Geneva.
