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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Swiss-born French architect and writer. The most powerful advocate of the modernist school, he designed numerous functional concrete buildings and high-rise residential complexes.
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- noun French architect (born in Switzerland) (1887-1965)
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At this time, Jeanneret adopted the name Le Corbusier for his architectural writing in part to hide that most of the articles in L’Esprit Nouveau were written by its two editors.
Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010
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At this time, Jeanneret adopted the name Le Corbusier for his architectural writing in part to hide that most of the articles in L’Esprit Nouveau were written by its two editors.
Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010
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At this time, Jeanneret adopted the name Le Corbusier for his architectural writing in part to hide that most of the articles in L’Esprit Nouveau were written by its two editors.
Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010
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Now British publisher Infinitum has issued a wide selection of his work on an English-French dual-language CD-ROM titled Le Corbusier: Architect/Artist (order at www. infinitum.co.uk).
Man Of Vision 2008
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French artist Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier, was also one of the 20th century's most influential architects.
Man Of Vision 2008
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Echoing other foreign critics who often decry this early experiment in urban utopia, Prof. Wu calls Le Corbusier's vision "too idealized, too mechanical."
Modern Moves On 2008
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German consul general Sabine Sparwasser does not hesitate to name her favourite: the B306, otherwise known as Le Corbusier's famous chaise longue from 1928.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed AMY VERNER 2011
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German consul general Sabine Sparwasser does not hesitate to name her favourite: the B306, otherwise known as Le Corbusier's famous chaise longue from 1928.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed AMY VERNER 2011
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MONTREAL - The architect Pierre Jeanneret spent his career in the large shadow of his famous cousin, Charles-édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier.
NYT > Home Page By EVE M. KAHN 2011
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It stands (or lays) as a comprehensive archive of the work of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris, otherwise known as Le Corbusier and arguably one of the most important modernist architects of the twentieth century.
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fbharjo commented on the word Le Corbusier
Name is from French verb courber - to bend. A force much as a human being
October 24, 2010