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Experts reflect on PL Varma’s role in building Chandigarh

The event, hosted by the MN Sharma Architectural Society at the Le Corbusier Centre, highlighted Varma’s central yet often overlooked role in shaping the city in the late 1940s and early 1950s

Panellists during a discussion on the legacy of PL Varma at Le Corbusier Centre, Chandigarh, on Sunday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Published on Apr 07, 2025 07:46 AM IST

ByAarya Kumari, Chandigarh

No monument in Chandigarh has heritage status: Centre

The ministry’s response added that Chandigarh served as the capital of the erstwhile joint Punjab until 1966, yet no local monuments, archaeological sites, or ancient remains in the union territory have been conferred protected status under state laws

MP Tewari’s question sought to ascertain the reasons for the absence of any legal heritage designation in Chandigarh. (File)

Published on Mar 11, 2025 11:46 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Guest Column | Chandigarh heritage furniture: Design, legacy & a story of allure

Even celebrities have embraced the charm of Chandigarh’s furniture; the Kardashians, known for their impeccable taste in luxury, are among those who have adorned their homes with Jeanneret pieces

Pierre Jeanerret’s “Chandigarh chairs” in Kourtney Kardashian’s Los Angeles home. (Roger Davies/AD)

Published on Feb 02, 2025 05:18 AM IST

ByAashna Gakhar

Guest Column | Chandigarh: A living canvas of the Bauhaus art movement

The Bauhaus movement, founded by Walter Gropius in Germany in 1919, rejected ornamentation in favour of clean, geometric forms and the integration of art and technology

The Capitol Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the city’s crowning glory. Housing the Secretariat, Legislative Assembly, and High Court, the complex showcases Le Corbusier’s brutalist style, characterised by bold, angular forms, raw concrete surfaces, and a focus on functionality. (Aashna Gakhar)

Updated on Jan 05, 2025 08:30 AM IST

ByAashna Gakhar

Seven heritage items from Chandigarh auctioned for ₹69 lakh in US

In March, four heritage furniture items from Chandigarh went under the hammer for ₹23.46 lakh at an auction in Luxembourg

An occasional table, a coffee table, a set of eight office cane chairs were among the heritage items from Chandigarh auctioned. (HT File)

Updated on Apr 13, 2024 08:28 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Architect’s new book remembers Pierre’s contribution in designing Chandigarh

Shivdatt Sharma,the author of the book, said at the book launch that Chandigarh got its character from the work of two Swiss-French architects, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (better known as Le Corbusier) and Pierre Jeanneret

Author Shivdatt Sharma with his book about Pierre Jeanneret’s work at Chandigarh Press Club on Thursday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Updated on Aug 25, 2023 01:43 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Le Corbusier’s drawing sold for ₹34.87 lakh in Switzerland

Last November, a French delegation had visited Chandigarh to guide the administration on the conservation and restoration of heritage furniture, made and used by French architect Le Corbusier, his cousin Jeanneret and others associated with the founding and planning of Chandigarh in the 1950s and 60s.

A drawing by Le Corbusier was sold for a record <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>34.87 lakh in Switzerland on June 21. (HT File)

Updated on Jun 24, 2023 05:01 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Waste to wonder: Chandigarh gets park made with recycled materials

Chandigarh mayor Anup Gupta inaugurated the “Waste to Wonder” park, developed by municipal corporation under its Garbage Free City mission, in Sector 48 on Thursday

An 18-foot-tall sculpture of Modulor Man by Le Corbusier, a sculpture of an outdoor metals lighting tower, a sculpture of a stone family, robotic sculptures, among others, have been set up at the park. (HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 14, 2023 01:47 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

48 chairs reported missing: PU panel wants heritage furniture identified

The panel headed by Navdeep Goyal on Wednesday asked for the verification of heritage furniture by experts from PU’s architecture office.

Heritage furniture designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret are auctioned regularly in the international markets.(HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 19, 2020 11:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByDar Ovais, Chandigarh

Readers’ take: What’s the harm in being driven by creativity?

Nothing gives the human heart more pleasure than a colourful piece of art, but while a section of HT Chandigarh readers says creativity can find expression just about anywhere from walls of buildings to vehicles, others feel nothing should be done to distract drivers and risk accidents

The car that sparked a debate: Advocate Ranjit Malhotra with his Ambassador.(Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jul 31, 2020 10:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

75% drop in footfall at Rock Garden, Sukhna

Capitol Complex, a world heritage site that sees on an average 50 visitors daily, has not seen a single foreign tourist in the past couple of days.

Rock Garden wearing a deserted look on Saturday. Only 3,000 tickets were sold during the day, down from 12,000 daily. At Sukhna Lake, too, just 170 people went for boating, down from 500.(HT PHOTO)

Updated on Mar 15, 2020 12:44 AM IST

ByRachna Verma

It’s official: Chandigarh’s Manimajra is now Sector 13

Industrial Area Phase 1 and 2 will be designated as Business and Industrial Park 1 and 2, respectively.

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Updated on Feb 11, 2020 01:25 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Alarmed by thefts, Chandigarh MC to replace 2,000 heritage manhole covers

MC in its agenda to be tabled in house says these covers are prone to theft and there are many cases of these being sold at auctions

The city has nearly 2,000 cast iron manhole covers bearing an impression of Chandigarh map, which were designed by French architect Le Corbusier(HT PHOTO)

Published on Dec 29, 2019 12:23 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByVivek Gupta

Battery-operated carts in Sec-17 Plaza from January

Ten battery-operated carts will be available for free rides in Sector 17 plaza from next month. Officials of the Chandigarh Smart City Limited (CSCL) reviewed the project on Wednesday and the issue will be discussed during the board of directors meeting to be chaired by adviser Manoj Parida.

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Published on Dec 05, 2019 12:48 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Auction of heritage items on Chandigarh admn’s mind

To display them at museum coming up in Sector 18; ask institutions to use furniture; will auction what remains

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Updated on Nov 30, 2019 01:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Words of wisdom with senior advocate ML Sarin: Value family ties more than personal and material gains

One of the early settlers of Chandigarh, senior advocate ML Sarin rejects the idea of flyovers and moots Le Corbusier’s grid transport plan and Singapore’s system of regulating entry of new vehicles as solutions to the city’s traffic problems

ML Sarin(Ravi Kumar/HT)

Updated on Oct 17, 2019 09:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByYojana Yadav, Chandigarh

Pierre Jeanneret-inspired wooden boat to start sailing on Sukhna from October 1

French artistes Pierrick Mounton and Benoit Santiard will be bringing back to life the ‘Pedalo wooden boat’, which would soon sail on the Sukhna lake. The boat was originally designed by French architect Pierre Jeanneret. The reconstruction of the boat is part of the project initiated by Mounton and Santiard, ‘Building Chandigarh’, in collaboration with Alliance Francaise.

An old picture of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in a wooden boat at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Sep 18, 2019 12:51 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByRachna Verma, Chandigarh

Minnette was an extraordinary woman: Author Shiromi Pinto

Author Shiromi Pinto says the legendary architect achieved success at a time when women were expected to be meek, pliant and void of ambition

Shiromi Pinto’s latest book is called Plastic Emotions.

Updated on Sep 01, 2019 03:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNavneet Vyasan

Le Corbusier: A Colossus of Architecture

This Swiss-French modernist architect, artist, and writer designed marvellous buildings such as the United Nations headquarters, New York and the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh.

With a belief that anyone can reinvent himself, in 1920, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret adopted his pseudo name, Le Corbusier. The single name was simpler and convenient for people to remember.(Illustration: Biswajit Debnath)

Updated on Aug 30, 2019 05:19 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

There won’t be another day like June 1, 2018, for another 100 years. Here’s why

Today’s date -- 1/6/18 -- lines up with the first four digits of the golden ratio, a mathematical constant that’s roughly equal to 1.618 and is commonly denoted by the Greek letter phi.

The golden ratio has been found in nature everywhere from nautilus shells to magnetic resonance at the atomic scale, writes Scott Duke Kominers.(Representative image/Shutterstock)

Updated on Jun 01, 2018 05:19 PM IST

Bloomberg | ByScott Duke Kominers

In a first, Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi wins Pritzker prize

Balkrishna Doshi, a pioneer of low-cost housing design, is one of the last living architects to have apprenticed with the Franco-Swiss trailblazer Le Corbusier.

Balkrishna Doshi who won the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize poses for the Associated Press at his home in Ahmedabad.(AP Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2018 11:28 PM IST

AFP, New York | ByHT Correspondent

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