{"product_id":"al-101991","title":"\"Bureau des Ministres\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles-Edouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss architect, urban planner, painter, writer, designer, and theorist.\n\u003cbr\u003eHis progressive artistic vision set him at the head of the modernist movement in the 1920s. In the 1950s he jointly managed the urban-planning project of Chandigarh, building the new city in northern India in line with his architectural theories.\n\u003cbr\u003eHis designs from Chandigarh regularly delight specialists and amateurs alike. Within the full extent of his inventory, it is very rare to find a piece like the Bureau des Ministres as very few of his works are so monumental in scale.\n\u003cbr\u003eThis exclusive piece was made in a very limited edition for the city’s ministerial palace, a function that deserved a more imposing design hence its size and essentialist form.\n\u003cbr\u003eIts two-part removable top forms an open corner, resting on three legs and supporting a central unit with further compartments. Balancing these elements in such a rational way is a testament to Le Corbusier’s clarity of vision and understanding of practical considerations in his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePalais des Ministères, Chandigarh, India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLiterature:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eE. Touchaleaume, Alain de Gourcuff (ed.), Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret : L'aventure indienne, Paris 2010, pp. 164-166, 579.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLocation: London\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carpenters Workshop Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51788798001416,"sku":"AL-101991","price":422000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0881\/7741\/0312\/files\/7dde2e142b6873f4b3d8b6285abc1537j.jpg?v=1750439261","url":"https:\/\/checkout.carpentersworkshopgallery.com\/products\/al-101991","provider":"Carpenters Workshop Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}