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Le Corbusier

1887–1965 · Swiss-French architect and urbanist · Switzerland/France

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Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Le Corbusier. In Stedelijk Museum Sikkensprijzen uitgereikt, Livinus van de Bundt Datum : 26 september 1964 Tr
Joop van Bilsen for Anefo · Licence: CC0 · Source

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Central figure of modernism whose buildings and writings transformed twentieth-century architecture and urban planning.

Key works

  • Villa Savoye
  • Unité d'Habitation
  • Chandigarh

THE RETHINK

Le Corbusier helps us rethink architecture as more than the production of buildings: their work shows how decisions about structure, space, materials, context or public life can change what a society considers possible.

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