Le Corbusier (1887–1965), born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, is the most influential architect of the 20th century. His Five Points of Architecture — pilotis, free plan, free facade, ribbon windows, roof garden — became the grammar of Modernism. The catalogue holds 9 of his works across 5 cities in 2 countries.
His range in the catalogue spans four decades: from the purist Villa La Roche (1923) and Villa Savoye (1929) in the Paris region, through the monastic Convent of La Tourette (1960) near Lyon, to the Brutalist Unité d'Habitation in Marseille (1952) and its Berlin counterpart, the Corbusierhaus (1958). The Cité de Refuge (1933) and the Swiss Pavilion (1932) at the Cité Universitaire show his early experiments with curtain walls and communal living.
