Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965), born Charles Edouard Jeanneret in Switzerland, was an architect famous for what is now called the [International Style]?, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and [Theo van Doesburg]?. He moved to Paris at the age of 29 and adopted "Le Corbusier", his maternal grandfather's name, as a pseudonym?. Key buildings: Villa Savoye [Unite d'Habitation]? Chandigarh?. |
Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965), born Charles Edouard Jeanneret in Switzerland, was an architect famous for what is now called the [International Style]?, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and [Theo van Doesburg]?. He moved to Paris at the age of 29 and adopted "Le Corbusier", his maternal grandfather's name, as a pseudonym?. Key buildings: Villa Savoye [Unite d'Habitation]? Chandigarh?. Usually wore big round black glasses. |