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born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, SWITZERLAND, in 1887 died in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, FRANCE, in 1965 studied watch-making and then architecture worked with Auguste Perret in Paris (1907) and Peter Behrens in Berlin (1910-11)
Le Corbusiers Five Points towards a New Architecture, 1926: 1. The Supports (known as pilotis) 2. The Free Plan 3. The Free Faade 4. Horizontal Window 5. Roof Garden
piloti
Le Corbusier and Amade Ozenfant, LEsprit Nouveau (The New Spirit) magazine, 1918-1925 published a wide range of topics and ideas, ranging from arts and literature to architecture and science.
Le Corbusier, Vers un Architecture, (Towards an Architecture), 1923 usually translated into English as Towards a New Architecture
architectural promenade
Le Corbusiers Five Points towards a New Architecture, 1926: 1. The Supports (known as pilotis) 2. The Free Plan 3. The Free Faade 4. Horizontal Window 5. Roof Garden
ground level
middle level
roof level
Le Corbusier, The Modulor: A Harmonious Meaure to the Human Scale Universally Applicable to Architecture and Mechanics, 1948 (First Edition in English: 1951)
Secretariat, 1953
Assembly, 1955
Le Corbusier, Open Hand Monument, Chandigarh, INDIA, 1955 it conveys a message of peace and unity that is "open to give and open to receive.
Le Corbusier with Iannis Xenakis, Philips Pavilion, Brussels Worlds Fair, BELGIUM, 1958
Le Corbusier and Iannis Xenakis, Philips Pavilion, Brussels Worlds Fair, BELGIUM, 1958
plan
wire-frame drawing
Le Corbusier with Iannis Xenakis, Philips Pavilion, Brussels Worlds Fair, BELGIUM, 1958