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Le Corbusier

Also known as Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Charles Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, Corbu, Charles Édouard Jeanneret, Édouard Le Corbusier, Corb, Charles Edouard Jenneret

Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886–1965)

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Le Corbusier, born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret in La Chaux-de-Fonds, was a Swiss-French architect, painter, writer, and urban planner. Active in the fields of modern architecture, brutalist architecture, and purism, he is recognized for notable works including Notre Dame du Haut, Villa Savoye, the Unité d'habitation, and the Unité d'Habitation de Marseille. He spoke French and died of natural causes in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.

His professional affiliations included membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne, the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, and the Academy of Arts, Berlin. He received the AIA Gold Medal, the Royal Gold Medal, and the titles of Grand Officer and Commander of the Legion of Honour. His writings addressed social unrest and urban planning, stating that modern life demands new plans for houses and cities.

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Person · Open Library

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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, is a Swiss architect, town planner, decorator, painter, sculptor, author, naturalized French, born October 6, 1887 in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) and died August 27, 1965 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (France). He is one of the main representatives of the modern architectural movement. Living in Paris since 1917, he participated in the…

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The Promise, Architect BV Doshi — Self (archive footage)2023
Plan for Buenos Aires — Le Corbusier2022
L'Esprit Le Corbusier — Self (archive footage)2019
Charlotte Perriand, Pioneer in the Art of Living — Lui-Même2019
Konstsamlaren och katastrofen2017
Amancio Williams2013
The Volume Zero: The Work of Charles Correa — Archive Footage2008
Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air — Self (archive footage)2007
La Chapelle de Ronchamp — Commentary1969
Le Corbusier — Self (archive footage)1967

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: France
Active from: 1887
Active to: 1965

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Total plays: 1,085

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Quotes

“Une maison est une machine-à-habiter.”
“You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces. That is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good, I am happy and I say: "This is beautiful." That is Architecture. Art enters in.”
“It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution.”
“Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city.”
“The Despot is not a man. It is the Plan. The correct, realistic, exact plan.”
“The object of this edict is to enlighten the present and future citizens of Chandigarh about the basic concepts of planning of the city so that they become its guardians and save it from whims of individuals.”

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Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris, mais conhecido pelo pseudônimo de Le Corbusier, foi um dos mais importantes arquitetos do século XX. De origem suíça e

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: La Chaux-de-Fonds
Place of death: Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Award: Commander of the Legion of Honour
Notable work: Pavillon de l'Esprit Nouveau
Participant in: Documenta II
Student of: Charles l'Eplattenier
Field of work: architecture
Movement: purism
Image: Le Corbusier (1964).jpg
Work location: Paris

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Commons category: Le Corbusier
date of birth: 1887-10-06
date of death: 1965-08-27
topic's main category: Category:Le Corbusier
member of: Academy of Arts, Berlin
name in native language: Le Corbusier
birth name: Charles-Édouard Jeanneret
Commons Creator page: Le Corbusier
Commons gallery: Le Corbusier
manner of death: natural causes
external data available at URL: www.fondationlecorbusier.fr
archives at: Fondation Le Corbusier
cause of death: myocardial infarction
relative: Pierre Jeanneret
place of burial: Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
described at URL: www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/heritage/le-corbusier
pseudonym: Le Corbusier
influenced by: Auguste Perret
municipal affiliation of a Swiss national: Le Locle

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Encyclopedic overview

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 1887 – 27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier, was a French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland to French-speaking Swiss parents and acquired French nationality in 1930. He designed buildings in Europe, Japan, India, and the Americas during a five-decade career. He considered that "the roots of modern architecture are to be found in Viollet-le-Duc."

Dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities, Le Corbusier was influential in urban planning, and was a founding member of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM). Le Corbusier prepared the master plan for the city of Chandigarh in India, and contributed specific designs for several buildings there, especially the government buildings. In 2016, seventeen projects by Le Corbusier in seven countries were inscribed in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement.

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