Heidi Weber & Le Corbusier

The Fondation Le Corbusier presents a new exhibition curated by Juan Calatrava, Professor of Architectural History at the University of Granada and President of the Asociación de Historiadores de la Arquitectura y Urbanismo (AhAU), together with Bernard Weber, son of Heidi Weber.

From 1958 to 1965, an exceptional collaboration developed between Le Corbusier and Heidi Weber, owner of a modern furniture and interior design gallery in Zurich. A great admirer of Le Corbusier's artistic work, her contribution to the knowledge and dissemination of his visual and graphic work was essential. She also successfully relaunched the editions and production of the iconic furniture that Le Corbusier had developed in 1928 with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand.

In 1960, Heidi Weber commissioned Le Corbusier to create La Maison de l'Homme in Zurich, conceived as a cultural centre dedicated to meetings and exhibitions on architecture and contemporary art. Inaugurated in 1967 after the architect's death, the Heidi Weber Museum - Le Corbusier Centre in Zurich can be seen as a manifesto for the "synthesis of the arts" that Le Corbusier pursued throughout his life: "There are no sculptors alone, no painters alone, no architects alone. The plastic event is accomplished in a 'ONE FORM' at the service of poetry".