Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965) was a Swiss architect famous for what is now called the International Style, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Theo van Doesburg. He was also an urban planner, painter, sculptor, writer and furniture designer. He is featured on the Swiss ten francs banknote.

Key buildings

• 1905 - Villa Fallet, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
• 1912 - Villa Jeanneret, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
• 1916 - Villa Schwob, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
• 1923 - Villa LaRoche/Villa Jeanneret, Paris, France
• 1924 - Pavillon de L'Esprit Nouveau, Paris, France (destroyed)
• 1924 - Quartiers Modernes Frugès, Pessac, France
• 1926 - Villa Cook, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France
• 1927 - Weissenhof Siedlung, Stuttgart, Germany
• 1928 - Villa Savoye, Poissy-sur-Seine, France
• 1929 - Armée du Salut, Cité de Refuge, Paris, France
• 1930 - Pavillon Suisse, Cité Universitaire, Paris, France
• 1933 - Tsentrosoyuz, Moscow, USSR
• 1947-1952 - Unité d'Habitation, Marseille, France
• 1949 - Usine Claude et Duval, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France
• 1950-1955 - Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France
• 1951 - Maisons Jaoul, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
• 1952-1959 - Buildings in Chandigarh, India
• 1952 - Haute Cour
• 1952 - Musée et Galerie d'Art
• 1953 - Secrétariat
• 1953 - Club de kk Nautique
• 1955 - Assemblée
• 1959 - Ecole d'Art
• 1953 - Maison du Brésil, Cité Universitaire, Paris, France
• 1956 - Unité d'Habitation de Briey en Forêt, Briey en Forêt, France
• 1957-1960 - Sainte Marie de La Tourette, Lyon, France
• 1958 - Pavillon Philips, Brussels, Belgium (destroyed)
• 1960 - Unité d'Habitation de Firminy, Firminy, France
• 1961 - Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States