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Le Corbusier

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Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965), born Charles Edouard Jeanneret in Switzerland, was an architect famous for what is now called the International Style, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Theo van Doesburg. He moved to Paris at the age of 29 and adopted "Le Corbusier", his maternal grandfather's name, as a pseudonym. Key buildings: Villa Savoye Unite d'Habitation Chandigarh.