Le Corbusier

Charles-Edouard Janneret, known as Le Corbusier, was born in La Chaux-de-fonds in Switzerland in 1887. His true homeland is considered France, his main theatre of all critical and planning activities, where he died in 1965. From 1906 to 1914 he travelled to many European countries, staying mainly in Vienna, where he came into contact with the Viennese Secession, and in Berlin where, in the studio of Peter Beherens, he met Gropius and Mies Van Der Rohe. In 1907 Le Corbusier visited the main Italian cities, obtaining an abundant notebook of sketches of the architectures of the past, with notes on materials, colours and shapes on the margins of each drawing.  This allows him to acquire a cultural background rooted in the past and to highlight his passion for architecture. In 1917 Le Corbusier settled in Paris from 1922 he opened an architecture studio and he dedicated himself to the design with constancy, passion and unparalleled imagination.