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We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.
Le Corbusier
Born: October 6, 1887
Died: August 27, 1965 (aged 77)
Bio: Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture.
Known for:
- Villa Savoye
- Notre Dame du Haut
- Unité d'habitation
- Sainte Marie de La Tourette
- Curutchet House
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