Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, who was better known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. His career spanned five decades, with his buildings constructed throughout Europe, India, and America.
Dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities, Le Corbusier was influential in urban planning, and was a founding member of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne. Corbusier prepared the master plan for the planned city of Chandigarh in India, and contributed specific designs for several buildings there.
To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects. architecture
Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep. men
Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light. architecture
The home should be the treasure chest of living. home
A house is a machine for living in. architecture