Charles Edouard Jeanneret Gris who was known as "Le Corbusier" (this pseudonym adopted in 1920 when he moved in france ) was born on october 6, 1887 in switzerland, was a Swiss-French architect .
-Le Corbusier was a designer, painter, urban-planner and the writer who was one of the poineer of what is now called "Modern-Architecture".
-In 1917; he moved in France in order to continue his career as an architect, So in 1930, he became a french citizen who spent his time to modern painting , the decorative art and the different design of urbanism-plan.
-Le Corbusier was a fouanding memeber of the "Congrès International D'architecture Moderne" who has given a new technique in architecture that was "The Five Points of Architecture" where he lifted the bulk of the structure off the ground supporting it by pilotis reinforced concrets stilts.
-Le Corbusier realized a several buildings , the most popular are :
*villa laroche in 1923-Paris.
*Palace of the Soviets in 1931-Moscow; USSR.
* Carpenter centerfor the Visual Arts in 1962 At Havard -University Combridge.
-Le Corbusier received th AIA Gold Medal and the Frank P Brown Medal in 1961. Besides the university of Cambridge awarded Le Corbusier an honorary degree in 1959.
-Le C ourbisier died on august 27, 1965 at the age of 77 years because of drowning in the Mediterranean- Sea at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin-France.
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