Le Corbusier

1887 – 1965 · died at about 78^[1][2]

Art

Fun Facts About Le Corbusier

• Le Corbusier was a pen name. Charles-Édouard Jeanneret adopted it in 1920, altering his maternal grandfather's name Lecorbésier, in the belief that anyone could reinvent themselves.^[1]
• Like Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier never had formal training as an architect. He studied at an art school that taught the applied arts of watchmaking.^[1][3][4]
• Le Corbusier's Plan Voisin proposed bulldozing a large part of central Paris north of the Seine and replacing it with sixty-story towers. It was never seriously considered.^[1]
• Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru invited Le Corbusier to design Chandigarh, the new capital of Punjab and Haryana and his largest project.^[1][5][6]
• On a trip to Vienna as a young man, Le Corbusier met Gustav Klimt. He later worked for 14 months as a draftsman for the concrete pioneer Auguste Perret in Paris.^[1][7][8]
• Le Corbusier's portrait, with his distinctive eyeglasses, appeared on the Swiss 10-franc banknote, and seventeen of his buildings are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.^[1]
• Le Corbusier was alive at the same time as Kamala Harris — their lives overlapped for 1 year (1964–1965).^{[1][2][9][10]}
• Le Corbusier and Haile Selassie died on the same day of the year, August 27.^{[1][2][11][12]}

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer who is described as one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland to French-speaking Swiss parents and acquired French nationality in 1930. He designed buildings in Europe, Japan, India, and the Americas during a five-decade career. He considered that "the roots of modern architecture are to be found in Viollet-le-Duc."^[1]

Contemporaries

Winston Churchill

78 yr overlap

Pablo Picasso

78 yr overlap

Igor Stravinsky

78 yr overlap

Coco Chanel

78 yr overlap

Georgia O'Keeffe

78 yr overlap

Lise Meitner

78 yr overlap

Helen Keller

78 yr overlap

Chiang Kai-shek

78 yr overlap

Albert Schweitzer

78 yr overlap

Harry S. Truman

78 yr overlap

Bertrand Russell

78 yr overlap

T. S. Eliot

77 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Le Corbusier

When was Le Corbusier born?

Le Corbusier was born on October 6, 1887, and died on August 27, 1965.

How old was Le Corbusier at death?

Le Corbusier was born on October 6, 1887, and died on August 27, 1965, at age 77.

What was Le Corbusier known for?

Le Corbusier was known for: Pioneer of modern architecture. Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer who is described as one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland to French-speaking Swiss parents and acquired French nationality in 1930. He designed buildings in Europe, Japan, India, and the Americas during a five-decade career. He considered that "the roots of modern architecture are to be found in Viollet-le-Duc."

Who was alive at the same time as Le Corbusier?

Le Corbusier's closest contemporary was Winston Churchill. Their lives overlapped for 78 years.