Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret - The Indian Adventure

I guess not much has to be said about Le Corbusier, the Swiss-born god-like figure of modern architecture who is still ominpresent in every discourse of 20th century architecture, even 48 years after his death.
A chapter of Le Corbusier's professional life that has popped up in my mind from time to time is his design of the capital for the Indian states Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. Initially planned by the American architect Albert Mayer, in 1951 Le Corbusier took over the role of chief architect in charge of both the urban planning and the overall architecture. Designed according to the principles established by the CIAM congresses, which provided for a separation of living and working quarters, Chandigarh together with Oscar Niemeyer's and Lucio Costa's Brasilia plan remains one of the two examples of truly modernistic urban experiments. The architecture of the city is in no way inferior to the ambitious town planning: Le Corbusier's spectacular designs for the General Assembly or the High Court still fascinate with their archaic, raw-concrete surfaces that are typical for the late work of Le Corbusier. But the true revelation of the book is the overall contribution of Pierre Jeanneret which I wasn't aware of until I read the book: not only did he contribute a large number of furniture designs for the many buildings at Chandigarh but he also contributed several housing designs that are no less interesting than those of cousin. The book provides a complete overview of all designs by both Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret for public buildings, private houses, works of art, as well as furniture and simultaneously clarify the different authorships. Due to the extent of the Indian adventure of the Jeanneret's, the book is a hefty volume: weighing some 3.5 kilos and comprising more than 600 pages, it is the book I had been longing for as it tells the story of Chandigarh and its designers in incredible detail.