Petition: Save Le Corbusier’s Capitol Complex in Chandigarh!

By DOCOMOMO Belgium / March, 7, 2015 / 0 comments

Le Corbusier’s famous Capitol Complex in Chandigarh is about to be ruined by the construction of 19 towers, each between 12 and 36 storeys tall, on land located just to its north. This project, called ‘TATA Camelot’, is being developed by TATA Housing, the real estate wing of TATA Sons, one of the largest industrial houses of India. This petition to stop TATA Camelot is directed at Ratan Tata, Chairman (Emeritus) of TATA Sons, who is an architect (Cornell ’62), and Pritzker Prize jurist.

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Sign the petition to SAVE Le Corbusier’s Capitol Complex in Chandigarh here
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