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Le Corbusier

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Le Cor·bu·sier  (l kôr-b-zy, -bü-) Pseudonym of Charles Édouard Jeanneret. 1887-1965.
Swiss-born French architect and writer. The most powerful advocate of the modernist school, he designed numerous functional concrete buildings and high-rise residential complexes.
Le Corbusier (French) [lə kɔrbyzje]
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(Biographies / Le Corbusier (1887-1965) M, Frenchnational of birth: Swiss, ARCHITECTURE: architect, MISC: town planner) real name Charles Édouard Jeanneret. 1887-1965, French architect and town planner, born in Switzerland. He is noted for his use of reinforced concrete and for his modular system, which used units of a standard size. His works include Unité d'Habitation at Marseilles (1946-52) and the city of Chandigarh, India (1954)
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Noun1.Le Corbusier - French architect (born in Switzerland) (1887-1965)
Charles Edouard Jeanneret


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The arch-modernist Le Corbusier wrote maniacal diatribes against traditional aesthetics, calling old, organically developed towns "things that have merely happened" rather than being planned, fit only for meandering "pack donkeys.
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