Designer · Switzerland / France · 1887–1965
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) – Swiss-French architect, author of Villa Savoye and Unité d’habitation; LC furniture co-designed with Jeanneret and Perriand.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1887–1965
- Country
- Switzerland / France
Le Corbusier was born on 6 October 1887 in La Chaux-de-Fonds and died on 27 August 1965 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. Swiss by birth, he took French citizenship in 1930. He studied at the art school in La Chaux-de-Fonds under L’Eplattenier, worked in the Perrets’ practice in Paris and with Peter Behrens in Berlin. In 1919, together with Ozenfant, he developed Purism and the journal “L’Esprit nouveau”; he used the name Le Corbusier from 1920, and from 1922 ran a partnership with Pierre Jeanneret.
His most important works include Villa Savoye (1928–1931), Unité d’habitation in Marseille (1947–1952), Ronchamp (1950–1955), La Tourette (1953–1960) and Chandigarh (from 1950). In 2016, UNESCO added 17 of his works in seven countries to the World Heritage List.
The furniture was developed in collaboration with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, with whom he worked from 1927–1937. These include the LC4 Chaise Longue daybed (1927–1928) and the LC3 Grand Confort armchair (1928–1929); early versions of the tubular steel furniture were produced by Gebrüder Thonet. In the post-war period, his work focused primarily on architecture.
Key designs
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LC4 Chaise Longue
daybed, collaborative design with P. Jeanneret and Ch. Perriand
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LC3 Grand Confort
armchair, collaborative design
