Le Corbusier

Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, France (1950) (RDB/Howard Brundrett)

Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, France (1950) (Magnum/René Burri)

Appartment block, Marseille, France (1945) (Fondation Le Corbusier/Paul Koslowski)

Villa Savoye and gardener's lodge, Poissy, France (1928) (akg-images/Catherine Bibollet)

La Roche and Jeanneret houses, Paris, France (1923) (Fondation Le Corbusier/Evelyne Perroud)

La Roche and Jeanneret houses, Paris, France (1923) (RDB/Rolf Neeser)

Small villa next to Lake Léman, Corseaux, Switzerland (1923) (RDB)

Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japon (1955) (wikipedia)

Frugès, Pessac, France (1924) (Fondation Le Corbusier/Paul Koslowski)

Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette Convent, Eveux, France (1953) (Fondation Le Corbusier/Olivier Martin-Gambier)

Guiette house, Anvers, Belguim (1926) (Fondation Le Corbusier/P. De Prins)

Swiss Pavilion at the Cité Universitaire, Paris, France (1930) (Fondation Le Corbusier/Olivier Martin-Gambier)

Jeanneret-Perret Villa, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (1912) (Keystone/Gaetan Bally)

Jeanneret-Perret Villa, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (1912) (Keystone/Sandro Campardo)

Firminy-Vert Recreation Centre, Firminy, France (1953-1965) (Fondation Le Corbusier/Olivier Martin-Gambier)

House of Docteur Curutchet, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1949) (Fondation Le Corbusier/Olivier Martin-Gambier)

Weissenhof-Siedlung houses, Stuttgart, Germany (Fondation Le Corbusier/B. Gonzales)

Le Corbusier's shed, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (1951) (Fondation Le Corbusier/Olivier Martin-Gambier)

Le Corbusier's shed, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (1951) (akg-images/L.M. Peter)

Rental building at Porte Molitor, Boulogne-Billancourt, France (1931) (Fondation Le Corbusier/Olivier Martin-Gambier)

Clarté building, Geneva, Switzerland (1930) (Fondation Le Corbusier/Evelyne Perroud)

Jaoul house, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (1951) (Fondation Le Corbusier)

Factory at Saint-Dié, France (1946) (Fondation Le Corbusier/Olivier Martin-Gambier)

The architect Le Corbusier - real name Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris - was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1887, exactly 125years ago.

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He settled in France in 1917. From 1920, “purism” was at the heart of his work. Towards the end of that decade, he began concentrating on the problems of cities.

His work was submitted unsuccessfully for
inclusion on the Unesco World Heritage list in 2011. It is to be resubmitted in 2014.

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