THE ARCHITECTURE OF LE CORBUSIER

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THE ARCHITECTURE OF LE CORBUSIER
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Le Corbusier (1887-1965), born Charles
Edourad Jeanneret, played the most central role
in the development of modern architecture.
Corbusier was as an architect, urbanist,
theorist, painter and writer.
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The Acropolitan and Constantinopolitan perceptions
of architecture
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The Modulor
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Purism and Le Corbusier as painter
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machine aesthetics and appreciation of engineers
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Urban Plans Ville Contemporaine (1922) Plan
Voisin Ville Radieuse
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Villa at Carthage Villa Stein
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• Five Principles for a New Architecture
• Pilotis elevating the building.
• Free plan
• Free façade
• Long horizontal windows
• Roof garden

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Villa Savoye, Poissy, 1929
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Unite dHabitation, Marseilles, 1947
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Ronchamp Chapel, 1950
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Monastery of La Tourette, Lyons, 1957
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Plan for the City of Chandigarh, India,
1957-65 Design of the Capitol and the buildings
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Villa Shodhan, Ahmedabad, India, 1957
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Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, Cambridge, USA,
1964
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Pavilion in Switzerland
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Villa Savoye Villa Shodhan