Le Corbusier: why he is adored and detested

Le Corbusier was an internationally influential Swiss artist, architect and designer. His dubious associations with totalitarian regimes have failed to diminish his reputation as one of the most inspirational artists of the 20th century.
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[@MrReedling]

His utopia and ideas are the things that we complain about in todays society.

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[@krytycznymoment9457]

"the plan(Plan Voisin) was rejected"- thank God for that.

[@NequeNon]

No personal hatred against Le Corbusier. Just his work. May God bless the fine men and women who work in demolition. May He give them the graces they need to do their noble surgical work.

[@starmanjesus5679]

Adque demolition? Unesco added 17 Le Corbusier projects to the World Heritage List, I think you’re 200 years late anyway

[@sork998]

starman jesus we should remove their world heritage status and demolish them, along with his legacy, along with the bauhaus movement. Their ideas have plagued architecture for 100 years and produced some of the worst buildings in history. Its time for great contemporary visionaries to shine, this old, outdated and closed minded, totalitarian movement must die.

[@spactick]

@@sork998 now wait a minute there Kovacs dude. Just because he was good friends with uncle Dolphy and uncle Mussolinguini and built buildings that people despise doesn't mean he didn't have some talent. I mean his paintings are kinda groovy, don't ya think?

[@DacLMK]

@@sork998 He was an utilitarian, which I highly value in a person. Designing "beautiful" ornamented buildings is time consuming and expensive. His vision was to house as many people as possible in utilitarian buildings.

[@ian_b]

@@DacLMK He believed that buildings should control people. He hated humanity. It wasn't the simplification that was the problem, it was that his buildings were based on forcing the users to "live as Le Corbusier tells you to live". It was the ultra authoritarianism of 20th century fascism and communism, in built form. The only form your life may take is that decided for you by central planners. It's pure dystopia.

[@Ahibasabala]

Interesting that the house that he built for his parents was not like the monstrosities he built for the public.

[@Alica734]

+Ahiba Sabala It was his early work. He built several houses and villas like that from that period.

[@starmanjesus5679]

that one was probably one of the less influential and more conservative of all of his buildings, why do the petite bourgeoisie must speak about modern architecture if they don’t understand a word of it, luckily that the world will easily progress without your judgement

[@ekaterinavalinakova2643]

Lol I noticed that too.

[@starmanjesus5679]

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[@starmanjesus5679]

@@bibekanandahansda2926 so kings and queens built their palaces and cities that you’re visiting (as an example of good architecture) all over centuries for the people? what is a ‘pleasant style’? no building can please everyone, all of the time. The attitude of knowing what people want today is pure arrogance, that’s populism and has nothing to do with good architecture

[@spactick]

Friends with Hitler? problem? na,...... Friends with Stalin? problem? na........Friends with Mussolini? problem? na hey he did wonder architecture that treated people like insects and that's all that matters baby

[@Jacobus180670]

I liked his paintings and sculptures, but when it came to architecture he was a good all round megalomaniac. Too right James Bond Villains should base their homes on his grand ideas ;)

[@Goddot]

It really seems to me as though he borrowed abundantly from De Stijl and Bauhaus (compare the chairs with Breuer's chairs for instance), the concept of alround artist doing architecture, painting and so on was also present there.

[@ThomasJakobMusic]

He certainly did.

[@elizbeer]

Chairs by Charlotte Perriand not Le Corbusier

[@Goddot]

@@elizbeer wouldn't put it above Le Corbusier to have just copied it and claimed it as his own

[@DADA_._]

He is responsible for a lot of ugliness we have now in architecture and the worst part is that people want to convince themselves and others that it's modern and pretty

[@alexandra6864]

We are each entitled to our own opinions. In my eyes, his work isn’t meant to fulfill the societal definition of beauty but rather define its own idea of beauty.

[@dchang11]

It's a love-hate relationship.

[@vaderbuild]

@Orlando Luis sus

[@BeesKneestrail]

@@alexandra6864 people have to live with this, some there whole life and the vast majority of people like like classical architecture and walkable cities that give life.

[@dapigudemao]

@@alexandra6864 Yeah right....Modernist architecture is an abomination that devastated many cities in the world. You can call it a subjective idea of beauty....it won't change the fact that it's objectively horrendous.

[@olgav7290]

I was surprised to hear the first chords of The Dresden Dolls' "Gardener" in this video

[@mancal5829]

His achievements are null; an architectural scourge of the Earth. May his ideas be forever buried.

[@korif7449]

his job was so cold

[@Jraulit]

Wow

[@ioanniszorgianos5299]

Thank you.

[@RonaldReaganRocks1]

His buildings suck. How did anyone ever think they looked good?

[@Bobaklives]

Le Corbusier is exceptionally important, but he was almost certainly not the first star architect! Frank Lloyd Wright's international reputation emerged before that.

[@MarkLL1961]

Wright was far more visionary and talented, and hated fascists.

[@daleprechaungold]

Vile.

[@RonaldReaganRocks1]

Compare this to a French chateau, which is a true work of art. Le Corbusier's buildings are ugly.

[@martynkendrick9813]

this tell nothing about his design principles and why they are so important.

[@l33machine]

I looked up his Wikipedia article and his dom-ino building is one of my least favorite architecture designs ever. I don't know much about architecture but I took a look at it and went. Yea this looks boring.

[@Dan-ud8hz]

The architect is always an accomplice. Accomplice to what? Well, the devil is in the details... but so is salvation.

[@jacquesmertens3369]

Only a terrible man can create such ugliness. Make a few detailed pictures or movies of his buildings, keep them in archives as an example of how not to build, and then make the buildings disappear forever please.

[@jacquelinegonzalez9971]

This is a terrible video and very biased

[@danielquinterosegura3747]

Adored +1

[@ekaterinavalinakova2643]

Vile and repulsive. Embrace traditional architecture, not this rubbish.

[@horizonte_cristalina]

Why tho

[@eduardoleon2649]

Embrace tradition but not traditional architecture

[@DacLMK]

Tradition is what is holding us back, especially in Europe. But what can you expect, that is how most of our minds work sadly.

[@lorenzosoro453]

@@horizonte_cristalina because there are no comparisons with the old style buildings decoration and this awful buildings without soul that bring you to depression, same things with the constrscion of the city. Following two style of city, the conunism one or USA style where the car is the protagonist of the city and not the man.

[@dapigudemao]

@@horizonte_cristalina Because it's beautiful. Beauty is important.

[@dimitristsekeris1821]

Le Corbusier is adored because he was among the first architects to create architecture for the working class and not the bourgeoise and his designs are affordable by the average worker yet of higher quality than the housing built without regulation until then. The average person would be expected to understand that and sympathise with the needs of the working class, and yet people are programmed to only look at an image and take self-destructive decisions. So now we have many conservatives telling everyone that simple architecture is "ugly" and that everyone should live in Georgian or colonial style manors.

[@DacLMK]

Because of those hedonistic reasons is why many young people can't afford their own home. People need to realize that tower blocks are necessary for a city to house the working class and minimize space use.

[@dranelemakol]

It's disgusting to see a person from the West wing praises to socialist architecture when he never lived in a country that practiced it. Or, probably, in a social housing project.

[@MrReedling]

@@DacLMK Young people cant afford houses anyway. It is proved that house prices barely have anything with the material to do. Its the land that is expensive. Its a myth that modern buildings are cheaper. They are much more expensive to maintain and they need to be demolished not so long after they were built

[@DacLMK]

@@MrReedling I don't know about your country, but in my country Buildings are not that expensive to maintain. We have a lot of buildings that were built in the 60s and 70s that people live in them, and they'll continue to do for many years to come. Cheap tower blocks are the solution that the west needs to pursue if they want to house their homeless population.

[@MrReedling]

@@DacLMK what i mean is that a classical building can survive hundreds of years without colapsing but a year is enough for a modern tower to look old and need a repaint. Sometimes you have to consider that buildings that were built in a better quality can be more cost effective since they are also more durable. Im not saying everyone should live in a classical mansion, but i think we could detail our buildings like in the past. In the past working families could still afford to live in a beutiful classical apartment. Sure the apartments were small and crowded but we have alot more money now so that problem could be solved. I think the beuty of the built enviorment contributes to our own happiness and well being