Le Corbusier
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City guide: Marseille
The gritty French port city combines tradition and modernism, making for a thrilling mediterranean mix of old and new.
Man about town
We visit the home of writer, broadcaster and raconteur Jonathan Meades to discuss his new cookbook, career as a critic and why food culture today makes him wince.
How Tsutumo Abe built a dream, uncompromising residence to last a lifetime
The house that Japanese architect Tsutomu Abe built for himself 42 years ago says as much about his thoughtful design process as it does about his humble character.
Standing on solid ground
The Czech town of Zlin was transformed by a visionary shoemaker who wanted to house his workers in a garden city. We explore his functionalist masterpiece.
Family building
In 1943, two architects built a radical apartment block in Buenos Aires to redefine communal living. Decades later, the modernist marvel is still the glue that holds its inhabitants together.
Inner space
This Paris pied-à-terre is not just a modernist space-saving marvel, it has Le Corbusier’s blessing to boot. Monocle takes in its fold-out ingenuity and primary-coloured delights.
Design/Architecture
Revived Le Corbusier pieces from Cassina, Made in Germany: Stowa watches, and a university cafeteria that rewrites the rules.
