Le Corbusier

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.

Villa Fallet is a house located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland designed by noted architect Le Corbusier. It was his first commission as an architect at the age of 17. It was completed in 1905. It is recognised as a building of cultural significance in Switzerland.

Works

Selection

• Villa Fallet, Switzerland, 1905
• Villa Stotzer, Switzerland, 1907
• Villa La Roche, Paris, France, 1923
• Villas at Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart, Germany, 1927
• Tsentrosoyuz, Moscow, Russia, 1928
• Maison Errazuriz, Chile, 1930
• Curutchet House, La Plata, Argentina, 1949
• United Nations headquarters, New York City, 1952
• Mill Owners' Association Building, Ahmedabad, India, 1951
• National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1957
• Philips Pavilion at the World Expositon Brussels, Belgium, 1958
• Center for Electronic Calculus, Olivetti, Milan, Italy, 1961
• Church of Saint-Pierre, Firminy, Firminy, France, designed in 1960, built posthumously and completed under José Oubrerie's guidance, 2006

Literature

• Curtis, William J.R., Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms, Phaidon, 1994
• Frampton, Kenneth, Le Corbusier, London, Thames and Hudson, 2001
• Eliel, Carol S., L'Esprit Nouveau: Purism in Paris, 1918 - 1925. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002

Links

• Le Corbusier Foundation (in French)