What was the name of the magazine founded by Le Corbusier and Ozenfant in 1920?

The magazine founded by Le Corbusier and Amédée Ozenfant in 1920 was L’Esprit Nouveau.

The French-language journal explored contemporary aesthetics across architecture, painting, literature, music, design, and everyday life. Its title means “The New Spirit,” reflecting the founders’ belief that modern art should respond to the changing conditions of industrial society rather than imitate historical styles.

Le Corbusier and Ozenfant had already developed the Purist movement after rejecting what they saw as Cubism’s more decorative or irrational tendencies. L’Esprit Nouveau became an important platform for presenting their ideas, including arguments about standardization, engineering, urban planning, and the relationship between art and modern technology.

The journal also has a personal connection to Le Corbusier’s public identity: in its first issue, published in 1920, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret used the pseudonym Le Corbusier. The periodical ran from 1920 to 1925, and its ideas later informed works such as the Five Points of Architecture and Villa Savoye.