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[[File:Family_Jeanneret_1889.jpg|thumb|250px|Jeanneret family, young Le Corbusier is on the left, 1889.]] | [[File:Family_Jeanneret_1889.jpg|thumb|250px|Jeanneret family, young Le Corbusier is on the left, 1889.]] | ||
| − | [[File:Murals_and_Le_Corbusier_ca._1939.jpg|thumb|250px|Murals in Le Corbusier's Villa E1027 of Jean Badovici and Eillen Gray, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, ca. 1939.]] | + | [[File:Murals_and_Le_Corbusier_ca._1939.jpg|thumb|250px|Murals in Le Corbusier's Villa E1027 of [[Jean Badovici]] and Eillen Gray, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, ca. 1939.]] |
[[File:Le_Corbusier_Vichy%27s_stadium,_1942.jpg|thumb|250px|Le Corbusier and little boy, Vichy's stadium, 1942.]] | [[File:Le_Corbusier_Vichy%27s_stadium,_1942.jpg|thumb|250px|Le Corbusier and little boy, Vichy's stadium, 1942.]] | ||
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as '''Le Corbusier''' (1887 – 1965), was an architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. His career spanned five decades, with his buildings constructed throughout Europe, India, and America. | Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as '''Le Corbusier''' (1887 – 1965), was an architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. His career spanned five decades, with his buildings constructed throughout Europe, India, and America. | ||
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 Le Corbusier studying architectural plans and a small model of building in his office, Paris, 1946. | |
| Born |
October 6, 1887 Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Died |
August 27, 1965 (aged 77) Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France |
File:Family Jeanneret 1889.jpg
Jeanneret family, young Le Corbusier is on the left, 1889.
File:Murals and Le Corbusier ca. 1939.jpg
Murals in Le Corbusier's Villa E1027 of Jean Badovici and Eillen Gray, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, ca. 1939.
File:Le Corbusier Vichy's stadium, 1942.jpg
Le Corbusier and little boy, Vichy's stadium, 1942.
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier (1887 – 1965), was an architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. His career spanned five decades, with his buildings constructed throughout Europe, India, and America.
Works
Villa Jeanneret-Perret, ca. 1912.
Villa Le Lac at Corseaux on Lake Geneva, 1920s.
The model of Villa Radieuse and Le Corbusier, 1930s.
Le Corbusier with a model of Villa Savoye, 1935.
- 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
- By Corbusier
- Étude sur le mouvement d’art décoratif en Allemagne (Study of the decorative art movement in Germany), 1912. (in French)
- Vers une architecture, 1923. (in French)
- L'Urbanisme, 1924.
- Towards a New Architecture, 1931; 1986.
- Quand les cathédrales étaient blanches. Voyage au pays des timides, Plon, Paris 1937
- When the Cathedrals Were White, trans. Francis E. Hyslop, Jr., McGraw-Hili Book Company, 1964
- Les Trois établissements humains, Paris, 1945
- Os Tres Estabelecimentos Humanos, transl. Dora Maria de Aguiar Whitaker, Editora Perspectiva, Sao Paulo, 1979 (in Portughese)
- El Modulor 1, Ensayo sobreuna media armonica..., vol. 1, Edtorial Poseidon, Buenos Aires, 1953 (Spanish)
- El Modulor 2, Ensayo sobreuna media armonica..., vol. 2, Edtorial Poseidon, Buenos Aires, 1962 (Spanish)
- El viaje de Oriente, 1984; 1993. (in Spanish) [1]
- Analisis de la Forma, 1984. (in Spanish) [2]
- Willy Boesiger, Oscar Stonorov, Max Bill (eds.), Le Corbusier - Oeuvre complete, vol. 1 (1910-1929), Vol. 2 (1929-1934), Vol. 3 (1934-1938), Vol. 4 (1938-1946), Vol. 5 (1946-1952), Vol. 6 (1952-1957), Vol. 7 (1957-1965), Vol. 8 (1965-1969) (French, English and German Edition), 1990-.
- On Corbusier
- Jacques Lucan, Le Corbusier - Une Encyclopedie, 1987 (in French)
- 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
- Flora Samuel, Le Corbusier in Detail, 2007
- http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79183
