Kate Gibbs . Articles Le Corbusier's 'beautiful box' on tour The French Riviera beach home Le Corbusier built for his wife in the 1950s has arrived at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in a one-to-one reconstruction by a Milan furniture company. Paris bills futuristic new city plans PARIS BOULEVARDS turned into greenbelts, an elevated and futuristic train speeding past the Eiffel Tower and down the Champs Elysees, this is the vision coming from some of Europe's cutting-edge architects, who are unveiling a theoretical 'Grand Paris' this month. 'Greedy' universities compromise on quality? Architecture schools are forsaking quality for quantity in a drive to get as many students and as much funding as possible, a leading university academic has claimed. 'Haute' optimism for French fashion house LONG BEFORE the economic climate, fashion house Christian Dior was ramping up its luxury quotient. Thicker carpets in its boutiques and more crocodile handbags on the shelves. To polish its top-of-the-pyramid sheen, the luxury line will launch about 10 new shop locations this year. In profile: Dr David Beynon As the environment, cost savings and sustainability drip into the public consciousness, and we endeavour to find meaning in a new economic climate, how well prepared will Australia's future architects be? Entry rates don't tell whole story: architect Architecture course entries may be up by 5 per cent but, a leading academic claims, many students aren't staying the course.
