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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 1887 – 27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier (UK: / l ə k ɔːr ˈ b juː z i. eɪ / lə kor-BEW-zee-ay, [2] US: / l ə ˌ k ɔːr b uː z ˈ j eɪ,-b uː s ˈ j eɪ / lə KOR-booz-YAY, -booss-YAY, [3] [4] French: [lə kɔʁbyzje]), [5] was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is ...
The Cabanon de vacances is a vacation home designed and built by noted architect Le Corbusier in 1951. [1] It is the only place the architect Le Corbusier built for himself which he used for vacation. In July 2016, the home and sixteen other works by Le Corbusier were inscribed as the world's smallest UNESCO World Heritage Sites. [2]
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement is a World Heritage Site consisting of a selection of 17 building projects in several countries by the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier. [1]
Immeuble Clarté is an apartment building in Geneva designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret starting from 1928 and built in 1931–32. It has eight stories comprising 45 free plan units of diverse configurations and sizes.
Apartment building with similar facades to two streets. Contains le Corbusier's own apartment; World Heritage Site (2016) [2] Villa Le Sextant: Marennes: France: 1935: Young Mans Apartment Brussels Belgium 1935 Weekend house La Celle St Cloud France 1934 1935 Palace of Ministry of National Education and Public Health: Rio de Janeiro: Brazil ...
In 1971 the Fondation Le Corbusier, a private foundation and archive stewarding Le Corbusier's work which also owns Villa La Roche in Paris and the Villa Jeanneret-Perret, purchased Villa Le Lac. [2] [3] Le Corbusier's brother Albert Jeanneret [fr; de], a musician, lived at the villa until his death in 1973. [2] [3] The villa first opened to ...
Villa La Roche, also Maison La Roche, is a house in Paris, designed by Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret in 1923–1925. It was designed for Raoul La Roche, a Swiss banker from Basel and collector of avant-garde art. Villa La Roche now houses the Fondation Le Corbusier.
Maisons Jaoul are a celebrated pair of houses in the upmarket Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, designed by Le Corbusier and built in 1954–56. They are among his most important post-war buildings and feature a rugged aesthetic of unpainted cast concrete "béton brut" and roughly detailed brickwork.