Le Corbusier Exhibition at MoMA Will Be NYC's Largest

Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret). Urban Plan for Algiers, project Plan and perspective. 1935. Pastel on paper. 39 3/4 x 109 1/2″ (101 x 278.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Robert A. Jacobs. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / FLCSave the date for a very exciting upcoming exhibition in New York. For the first time in its history, MoMA will presents a major exhibition on the work of the influential and revered Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, 1887–1965). The exhibit, titled Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes, will encompass his work as architect, interior designer, artist, city planner, writer, and photographer. And don’t forget the superlatives: according to the MoMA’s website, the presentation will be the “largest exhibition ever produced in New York of his prodigious oeuvre.” Running from June 9–September 23, 2013, the exhibition will be organized by guest curator Jean-Louis Cohen with Barry Bergdoll, the MoMA’s Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design.

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The Modern Architecture Game from NEXT Architects

Image courtesy of NEXT Architects via ArchinectAmsterdam- and Beijing-based NEXT Architects recently announced the release of the Modern Architecture Game--think Trivial Pursuit for the circular-lens-wearing set. The game includes almost 1,000 questions in six categories: Visuals, Architect, Project, Style, Influence, and Quote. According to a recent post about the game by Archinect, sample questions will include require such information as “who designed the TWA terminal at JFK Airport, NY. And in which year was CIAM founded, 1928, 1938 or 1948.” The architecture theme is faithfully maintained throughout, with a game board that recreates a construction drawing and miniatures of six famous buildings for game pieces. Game play also involves wearing a pair of glasses that should remind everyone of a certain Swiss architect (hint: it’s Le Corbusier).

Inspired Match - How Patronage Drives Architecture

From Medici to Marx, how patronage drives architecture and what we can learn from it today.

By John Gendall
Nottingham Science Park, Image: Martine Hamilton-KnightHistorians position the Renaissance’s birth in Florence, Italy around the year 1400. They give it this coordinate in place and time because of a perfect storm of conditions: a wealth of talent pouring out from several accomplished workshops (Lorenzo Ghiberti, Fra Angelico, and Filipo Brunelleschi), a thriving economy owing to bustling trade, and, importantly, an ambitious and tasteful patron of the arts, the Medici family, willing to invest in provocative new art and architecture. In the midst of the Bubonic Plague, the revelation of the Florentine patrons served as a guiding light, paving they way for the exquisite work of the high renaissance. In other words, without the Medicis, there would have been no Michelangelo.

The same relationship between patron and architect carries through architectural history, with nobility, religious leaders, business owners tapping

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