Place of birth: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland | ∗ October 6, 1887 | † August 27, 1965

Architect, urban planner, painter, writer, designer, and theorist. Le Corbusier adopted the professional name “Le Corbusier” in 1920. Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris in Switzerland, he developed a new architectural language based on rational planning, geometric clarity, modern construction, reinforced concrete, open plans, roof gardens, ribbon windows, and pilotis. His work helped define the Modern Movement and the International Style, while also influencing urban planning, furniture design, and architectural theory.

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Le Corbusier’s architecture proposed a new way of living for the modern age. His concept of the house as a rational, functional, and spatially free object became one of the foundations of modern architecture. Villa Savoye is especially important because it clearly expresses his Five Points of Modern Architecture: pilotis, free plan, free façade, ribbon windows, and roof garden. It is considered    one of the clearest manifestos of Purist modern architecture.

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Selected Works​​

• Villa Savoye, Poissy, France

• Maison La Roche, Paris, France

• Unité d’Habitation, Marseille, France

• Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France

• Capitol Complex, Chandigarh, India