French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer (1887 to 1965), one of the pioneers of modern architecture. He developed the Five Points of Architecture and designed the Villa Savoye, a canonical work of the International Style.
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Le Corbusier
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Brutalism, Movements Le Corbusiers postwar beton brut concrete buildings, especially the Unite dHabitation, are the acknowledged origin of the Brutalist style later named after them.
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He was born in Switzerland to French-speaking Swiss parents and acquired French nationality in 1930.
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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 1887-27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier, was a French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer who is described as one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as mo
Practices: Painting, lead paragraph
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 1887-27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier, was a French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer who is described as one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as mo
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Wikidata Q4724, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source Ville Radieuse (Wikipedia)
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Ville radieuse (French pronunciation: [vil ʁaˈdjøːz]; lit. 'Radiant City') was an unrealised urban design project designed by the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier in 1930. It constitutes one of the most influential and controve
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