Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris better known as Le Corbusier (French: [lə kɔʁbyzje]; October 6 1887 – August 27 1965) was a Swiss-French architect designer painter urban planner writer and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930.
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award
AIA Gold Medal
birth date
1887-10-06
birth place
Switzerland, La Chaux-de-Fonds
death date
1965-08-27
death place
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
significant building
Unité d'Habitation, Villa La Roche, Villa Savoye, Chandigarh, Notre Dame du Haut, Marseille
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