The legacy of blueprints and sketches by Le Corbusier, one of the most influential and admired architects of the 20th century, will become accessible from you desktop next year.
"Le Corbusier Plans," a digital archive of 16 DVDs, containing all 35,000 of his blueprints and sketches, will be released next year. The digital archive, based on the original drawings kept at Fondation Le Corbusier in Paris, covers the Swiss architect's 194 projects dating from 1905 through to 1965.
Le Corbusier (1887-1965), pioneered functional architecture and developed the concept of the home as a "machine for living." His famous pieces include Villa Sovoye in Poissy and Unite d'Habitation in Marseilles. He also designed the United Nations Building in New York and the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo's Ueno.