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Le Corbusier

Biography

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LE CORBUSIER´S Five points for a new architecture

 

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Le Corbusier: why he is adored and detested

 

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Le Corbusier: Villa Savoye, The five points of architecture.

 

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Le Corbusier and Heidi Weber, Friend and Patron

 

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Influential architects, pt.5 | Le Corbusier

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret ; 6 October 1887 – 27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier (French: [lə kɔʁbyˈzje], was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. His career spanned five decades and he designed buildings in Europe, Japan, India, and North and South America.