How did Andrea Palladio’s architecture influence Le Corbusier?

During his formative travels between 1907 and 1911, Le Corbusier explored the Renaissance architecture of Andrea Palladio in Italy’s Veneto region. Through these studies, he discovered the principles of classical proportion, which became a foundational element of his own architectural philosophy.1

This exposure to Palladio’s work, alongside his study of ancient Greek sites, helped shape Le Corbusier’s understanding of geometric order and harmony. These early discoveries were instrumental in his development as an architect, eventually informing his later work and his pursuit of harmonic measures, such as the Modulor, which sought to relate architectural elements to the human scale.12