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Designer
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier was the pseudonym of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (1887–1965), born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and a French citizen from 1930. Without formal architectural training, he learned at the local art school, through travel and…
Biography
Background
Le Corbusier was the pseudonym of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (1887–1965), born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and a French citizen from 1930. Without formal architectural training, he learned at the local art school, through travel and in the Paris office of Auguste Perret, the pioneer of reinforced concrete.
Signature Style
With the painter Amédée Ozenfant he launched Purism and the review L'Esprit Nouveau (1918–1922). His Dom-Ino system and the Five Points of a New Architecture — free plan, free façade, structure separated from walls — shaped the white villas of the 1920s, later followed by the proportional system of the Modulor.
Notable Works
- Villa Savoye, Poissy
- Unité d'habitation, Marseille
- Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp
- Master plan and government buildings of Chandigarh, India
- Furniture with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand: LC1, LC2 Grand Confort and LC4, produced by Cassina
Legacy
A founder of CIAM and one of the pioneers of modern architecture, he had seventeen projects in seven countries inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. He also remains a controversial figure for his political ties and urban-planning ideas.
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Products
LC14 Tabouret Cabanon
Box-shaped wooden stool by Le Corbusier with dovetail joints, in three versions.
Lampe de Marseille
Le Corbusier's Lampe de Marseille for Nemo: wall lamp with direct and indirect light
LC10-P Low Table en tube
Low glass-topped table on chromed tubular steel legs, in three sizes, relaunched by Cassina in 1985.
LC10-P Table en tube
Glass-topped table on chromed tubular steel legs, first shown in 1929, relaunched by Cassina 1985.
LC2 Armchair
Loose cushions inside an exposed tubular-steel frame, shown at the 1929 Salon d'Automne.
LC11-P Table pieds corolle
Walnut-topped table on grey cast iron pedestal bases, put into production by Cassina in 1985.
LC17 Portemanteau (Coat Rack)
Wall-mounted oak coat stand by Le Corbusier with five coloured mushroom-shaped knobs.
LC3 Sofa
Two-seat Grand Confort, grand modèle: loose cushions in a chrome or painted tubular-steel cage.
LC16 Wood Desk
Oak writing desk with shelving unit by Le Corbusier, for the children's rooms of Nantes-Rezé.
LC1 UAM Armchair
Chrome tubular steel armchair with self-supporting ecru fabric and natural leather trim.
LC3 Kiton Armchair
Limited-edition LC3 in two-tone cashmere by Kiton on a glossy blue tubular steel frame.
LC6 Table
Painted steel base and glass or marble top, kept visibly apart by four height-adjusting supports.
