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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as '''Le Corbusier''' (1887 – 1965), was an architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer.
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==Life and work==
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Born in Switzerland and becamed a French citizen (1930), Le Corbusier is one of the pioneers of what is now called ''modern architecture''. Young Jeanneret was attracted to the visual arts and studied at the La-Chaux-de-Fonds Art School. His architecture teacher in the Art School was the architect René Chapallaz, who had a large influence on Le Corbusier's earliest house designs.
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==Works==
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==Links==
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* [http://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/ Le Corbusier Foundation] (in French)

Revision as of 08:47, 13 December 2013

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier (1887 – 1965), was an architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer.

Life and work

Born in Switzerland and becamed a French citizen (1930), Le Corbusier is one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. Young Jeanneret was attracted to the visual arts and studied at the La-Chaux-de-Fonds Art School. His architecture teacher in the Art School was the architect René Chapallaz, who had a large influence on Le Corbusier's earliest house designs.

Works

Links