Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh

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government building legislative building modernist architecture work of Le Corbusier

The Palace of Assembly in Chandigarh is a landmark modernist government building in India, renowned for its bold concrete architecture and symbolic design by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Capitol Complex, Chandigarh 2
Chandigarh Capitol Complex 1
Chandigarh Legislative Assembly building 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government building ⓘ
legislative building ⓘ
modernist architecture ⓘ
work of Le Corbusier ⓘ
architect Le Corbusier ⓘ
Pierre Jeanneret ⓘ
architecturalStyle Brutalism ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Chandigarh ⓘ
Le Corbusier buildings in India ⓘ
Legislative buildings in India ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in India ⓘ
cityPlanner Le Corbusier ⓘ
completionDate 1962 ⓘ
country India ⓘ
designedIn 1950s ⓘ
designPrinciple modular proportions ⓘ
use of raw concrete (béton brut) ⓘ
floorCount multiple levels including main assembly hall ⓘ
function seat of the Legislative Assembly of Haryana ⓘ
seat of the Legislative Assembly of Punjab ⓘ
hasAssemblyChamber Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Haryana Legislative Assembly chamber

Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Punjab Legislative Assembly chamber
hasNearbyBuilding High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh ⓘ
surface form: High Court, Chandigarh

Secretariat Building, Chandigarh ⓘ
hasNearbyMonument Open Hand Monument ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
lightingDesign use of natural light through high-level openings ⓘ
locatedIn Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Capitol Complex, Chandigarh

Chandigarh ⓘ
materialUsed reinforced concrete ⓘ
notableFeature brise-soleil concrete façade ⓘ
colorful interior murals ⓘ
hyperbolic paraboloid roof over the assembly chamber ⓘ
monumental portico ⓘ
operator Haryana ⓘ
surface form: Government of Haryana

Government of Punjab ⓘ
orientation planned according to sun path and climate of Chandigarh ⓘ
owner Government of India ⓘ
partOf Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chandigarh Capitol Complex
partOfUrbanPlanBy Le Corbusier ⓘ
regionServed Haryana ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
symbolism representation of democratic assembly ⓘ
sun, moon and other cosmic motifs in design ⓘ
UNESCOSiteInscriptionYear 2016 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteName The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh → adjacentTo → Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh ⓘ
subject surface form: High Court of Punjab and Haryana
this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly, Chandigarh
Chandigarh → famousLandmark → Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chandigarh Legislative Assembly building
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh → hasAssemblyChamber → Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punjab Legislative Assembly chamber
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh → hasAssemblyChamber → Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haryana Legislative Assembly chamber
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh → locatedIn → Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Capitol Complex, Chandigarh
Le Corbusier → notableWork → Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh ⓘ
Le Corbusier → notableWork → Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretariat Building, Chandigarh
Le Corbusier → notableWork → Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Capitol Complex, Chandigarh
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh → partOf → Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chandigarh Capitol Complex