Le Corbusier

(1887-1965)

Pseudonym of Charles Edouard Jeanneret. French architect, born La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. He is famous for his proclamation that the house is a habitable machine to be designed to functional criteria.

Works

• The Palace of the Nations, Geneva.
• Chapel of Ronchamp, near Belfort (1950-4).
• Cite Radieuse, Marseilles.
• Salvation Army Hostel, Paris (1929).