Le Corbusier Colours by KEIM
Le Corbusier โ pioneer for modern architecture
Charles-รdouard Jeanneret-Gris alias Le Corbusier (1887 โ1965) caused a sensation as an architect, urban planner, designer, artist and architectural theorist. He shaped the ideas we have of modern architecture, indeed of modernity in general.
Le Corbusier started his career as an apprentice engraver at the School of Applied Arts, but soon discovered his passion for painting and architecture. In the 1920s, he moved to Paris to work as architect, writer and painter and set standards for modern architecture with his villa buildings. During this time, horn-rimmed glasses and bow tie became his trademarks and of course, his pseudonym "Le Corbusier".
Three masterpieces of his oeuvre excel particularly:
- "Five Points of Architecture," a treatise with principles for free floor plan and facade design.
- "Modulorโ, an anthropometric scale of proportions based on the golden ratio.
- "Polychromie architecturale", a unique tool for harmonious colour selection.
Le Corbusier`s great designs are based on the โsynthesis of applied artsโ, integrating architecture, interior design, furnishing and colour design. They are convincing and authoritative, right through to the present day.
Le Corbusier's colour keyboards
Le Corbusier doubtlessly was one of the most important and influential architects of modern times. He shaped the notion that we have of architecture, even of modern living as such. With his unparalleled experience as an architect, artist and designer Le Corbusier created a masterwork of colours the "Polychromie Architecturale".
โColour in architecture โ a means as powerful as the ground plan and section. Or better: polychromy, a component of the ground plan and the section itself.โ
From his profound understanding of being an artist, Le Corbusier developed the first colour range consisting of 43 architectural colours in twelve sentiments with picturesque names such as space, sky, velvet, and sand, in 1931. In 1959, he added another 20 deep, dynamic shades: bright colourful nuances, strong earthy colours and deep black.
Le Corbusier`s choice of colours was subjective โ he selected colours from nature, with a historic, artistic and associative background. This is probably exactly why both collections stand out as being uniquely aesthetic as beautiful, strong and modern as ever even decades later. All shades of the colour keyboards can be harmoniously combined.
โPolychromie architecturaleโ is a practical tool and a work of art at the same time.
Polychroยฎ les couleursยฎ le corbusier
The original "Le Corbusier colours" manufactured by KEIM
KEIM has been exclusively authorised to implement Le Corbusier`s 63 masterful colours under the name of โpoLyChroยฎโ.
poLyChroยฎ is the perfect symbiosis of a matt, velvety surface with a fascinating depth of colour. It offers colours that are full of life, hugely intensive and yet reservedly elegant. poLyChroยฎ is available both for interior and exterior areas.
This architectural approach is tailormade for Le Corbusier`s colour keyboards. Quality controlled by Les Couleurs Suisse AG as the authorised representive of the Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris.
poLyChroยฎ โ Le Corbusier colours are...
- fascinating with a matt, velvety surface
- inspiring with unimagined colour depth
- produced by skilled workmanship using purest colour pigments
- also environmentally compatible, permeable and healthy
Le Corbusier colours for interiors
Partners and suppliers
Private customers can purchase the extraordinary poLyChroยฎ Le Corbusier paints in Germany from numerous partners, and commercial customers directly from KEIM Germany. They are are also distributed through our subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. There is also a "Les Couleursยฎ - Le Corbusier design network". โLes Couleurs Suisse AG" guards the treasure from Le Corbusier's oeuvre: "LA Polychromie Architecturale". The colour collection is made available exclusively to selected partners for implementation into particularly high-quality design products.
