Le Corbusier - one of the most important architects of the twentieth century.

Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known by the pseudonym Le Corbusier, (La Chaux-de-Fonds, 6 October 1887 - Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, August 27, 1965) was an architect, painter and French urbanist, Swiss origin. It ranks along with Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, Mies van der Rohe, Oscar Niemeyer, one of the most important architects of the twentieth century.

Age 29 moved to Paris, where he adopted his pseudonym, which borrowed the name of his maternal grandfather. His figure was marked by his dark glasses round of rims. He died by drowning on August 27, 1965.

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