The entire city of Chandigarh was planned by Le Corbusier in the 1950s—but over the years, it is the Capitol Complex—which comprises the government's administrative offices—that the architect has been most remembered for. Last month the complex made it to the UNESCO World Heritage List. And while that caused much euphoria and joy, an undercurrent of hope also ran through it. One of preservation, care and respect for monuments and heritage.
In a recently released project, Melbourne-based architectural photographer Benjamin Hosking shared some never-before seen images of the Capitol complex, clicked during his travels to Chandigarh last year. While the photographer didn't get access to all the structures because of security reasons, he did get quite a host of rarely-seen-before images of the three main buildings (the Palace of Assembly or Legislative Assembly, the Secretariat and the High Court), along with the lesser known monuments of the complex.
Have a look here:
