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Le Corbusier
Swiss-French architect (1887–1965)
"Charles Jeanneret" redirects here. For the Australian politician, see Charles Jeanneret (politician).
"Corbusier" redirects here. For other uses of the term, see Corbusier (disambiguation).
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| Born | Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris[1] (1887-10-06)6 October 1887 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
| Died | 27 August 1965(1965-08-27) (aged 77) Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
| Nationality | Swiss, French |
| Occupation | Architect |
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| Buildings | Villa Savoye, Poissy Villa La Roche, Paris Unité d'habitation, Marseille Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp Buildings in Chandigarh, India |
| Projects | Ville Radieuse |
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 1887 – 27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier (lə kor-BEW-zee-ay,[2]lə KOR-booz-YAY, -booss-YAY,[3][4]French:[ləkɔʁbyzje]),[5] was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one
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Le Corbusier was born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris in 1887 in Switzerland where he trained to be an architect. In his twenties he travelled in Europe visiting Vienna and working in Paris for Auguste Perret, the pioneer of reinforced concrete, and for the industrial designer Peter Behrens in Berlin. He returned to Switzerland for most of the 1914-18 period to teach and develop theories about modern architecture for domestic dwellings. After moving to Paris in 1917 his first commission in France was the design of a water tower (below top left) at Podensac, about 30km south west of Bordeaux. Jeanneret-Gris started to use the pseudonym Le Corbusier in 1920, going into architectural practice with his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, in 1922. In 1923 Le Corbusier’s influential book, Vers une architecture(below top right), was published and he designed the Villa La Roche at Auteuil (bel
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Maison du Tonkin
Bordeaux, France, 1924
« The Vaucresson villa is finished. The Ozenfant house is making progress. We start Albert and La Roche in ten or fifteen days. After Marcel, Lipchitz and another one. And more announced. For example, an industrialist from Bordeaux who has just read the Corbu book and wants workers' houses. »
« TWe managed in Bordeaux, thanks to an American machine, the “cement gun”, at unbeatable costs: thirteen thousand francs for fine workers' houses. »
Commission
The beginning of the 20th century marked a turning point for social housing. Projects of this type were now defined by laws such as the loi Ribot, passed in 1908. This provided financial incentives for private construction companies, on condition that theycomplied with strict architectural constraints. Surface dimensions of the rooms were controlled: a living room must measure at least9 sq mand the sanitary facilities at most1.25 mby0.8 m, as well as being well-ventilated and well-lit.
At the Salon d’Automne in 1923, Le Corbusier a
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