Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)

Category: Architects, Furniture Design, Art

Post Contributor: Olivier Blanc

Profession: Architect, Designer, Artist

Born: 6 October 1887, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Died: 27 August 1965, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Nationality: Swiss, French

Famous for:

- Lc4 Chaise Longue

- Modulor

- Villa Roche

- Unité d'Habitation, Marseille, France

Links for resources:

Fondation Le Corbusier, resources, articles, photos

https://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/en/

Illustration by ob27

Le Corbusier and Villa E-1027

https://capmoderne.com/en/lieu/la-villa-e-1027/

Article, "The man who changed the way we live" (BBC)

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160901-the-man-who-changed-the-way-we-live

The many contradictions of Le Corbusier (The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/jul/17/architecture

[...] Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement, UNESCO

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1321/

Article, "[...] Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye Becomes an Unlikely Stage" (Vogue)

https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/le-corbusier-villa-savoye-dance-series

Destinations Le Corbusier: architectural promenades (Association of Le Corbusier sites)

https://sites-le-corbusier.org/en/

Reportage and interview, BBC, circa 1958

Further research:

- Modernism

- Architecture

- Furniture Design

- Art

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