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Also Known As Charles-Ɖdouard Jeanneret
Born October 6, 1887 ā€¢ La Chaux-de-Fonds ā€¢ Switzerland
Died August 27, 1965 (aged 77) ā€¢ France
Movement / Style Brutalism ā€¢ Cubism ā€¢ International Style ā€¢ Purism
Subjects Of Study Functionalism ā€¢ Purism ā€¢ Modulor ā€¢ architecture ā€¢ urban planning

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Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier seated at a desk in a suit and bow tie, holding a pen and looking to the side, with an open book in front of him.
Le Corbusier: UnitƩ d'Habitation
Le Corbusier: Assembly building in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Open Hand Monument
LC4 chaise lounge
LC1 chair
Le Corbusier: Church at Firminy
Figure 114: Church of Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, Fr., by Le Corbusier, 1950-55.
Savoye House, Poissy, Fr., an International Style residence by Le Corbusier, 1929ā€“30
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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Marcel Breuer
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Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif., by Louis I. Kahn, 1959ā€“65
Louis Kahn
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George Dance, the Younger
British architect and artist
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
German-American architect
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Antoni GaudĆ­
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H.H. Richardson
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Richard Meier: Atheneum
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Philip Johnson: AT&T Building
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Matvey Fyodorovich Kazakov
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Sir Edwin Lutyens
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Richard Joseph Neutra
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Jane Drew
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Gordon Bunshaft, c. 1950s.
Gordon Bunshaft
American architect
DĆ“me des Invalides, Paris
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
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