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was born in Switzerland
was born in Switzerland -
designed his first house at the age of 20
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went traveling and made 3 architectual discoveries
the contrast between large collective spaces and individual compartmentalized spaces, an observation that formed the basis for his vision of residential buildings and later became vastly influential; (2) classical proportion via Renaissance architecture; and (3) geometric forms and the use of landscape as an architectural tool. -
returned to La Chaux-de-Fonds
to teach alongside L’Eplattenier and to open his own architectural practice. -
moved to Paris worked as an architect
on concrete structure -
met Cubist painter Amédée Ozenfant,
who encouraged Le Corbusier to paint -
he built a workers’ city of 40 houses
in the style of the Citrohan house at Pessac, -
Le Corbusier participated in the competition set by the League of Nations for the design of its new centre in Geneva
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Period: to
won the competition for the Centrosoyuz building
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lead a lecture tour in South America
was the source for his “Reflections on the Present State of Architecture and Urbanism” -
issued in a declaration that elaborated some of the basic principles of modern architecture.
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the government of the Punjab named him architectural advisor for the construction of its new capital,
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died
