Secretariat Building

Le Corbusier

Chandigarh, India · 1953 · Office

Secretariat Building
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Location
Chandigarh, India
Year
1953
Typology
Office
Materials
Concrete, Steel
Context
Modernism, Brutalism, International Style
Map
Open location

Secretariat Building is a Le Corbusier-designed building in Chandigarh completed in 1953 to house the offices of the Chief Secretary of the Indian state of East Punjab. Since the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 split East Punjab into Haryana and Punjab, Chandigarh has been the capital of both states and the Secretariat Building is shared by their respective Chief Secretaries.

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