Le Corbusier

Outstanding for his avant garde ideas, use of rational systems in planning methods and the application of extremely simple modules and forms based on functional logic, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret — better known as Le Corbusier — was a pioneer of modern architecture. In addition to an oeuvre that spanned architecture, city planning, painting, furniture design, writing, publishing, and amateur photography and film-making, Le Corbusier was also a founding member of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) and 17 projects by the Swiss-French