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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris) was a 20th century Swiss-French designer well known for his achievements in the field of modern architecture.

From the Archive: Living in Le Corbusier’s Urban Utopia
More than 20 years ago, we spoke to residents of the legendary L’Unité d’Habitation housing complex about how Corbu’s first...
Outside of Paris, a Le Corbusier Villa Just Hit the Market for $5M
Certified as a Historic Monument, the home and studio of famed sculptor Oscar Miestchaninoff is a work of art in its own right.
A Dated Flat in a Building by None Other Than Le Corbusier Gets a Reverent Refresh
In the landmark Immeuble Clarté in Geneva by the pioneering modernist and his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, a cosmopolitan couple...
A Restored Duplex Apartment in Le Corbusier’s Iconic Cité Radieuse Seeks $437K
The 20th-century unit hosts a trove of original detail, including a Charlotte Perriand–designed kitchen and a staircase by Jean...
A 1920s “Zigzag” House by Le Corbusier Seeks €472k in France’s Wine Country
The recently renovated residence is located in a modernist housing development in Pessac, a suburb of Bordeaux.
A Converted Boiler Room Designed by Le Corbusier Asks $450K in France
The decommissioned structure was built in the 1950s for France’s La Cité Radieuse Housing Project in Briey-en-Forêt.
A Rarely Listed Le Corbusier Flat Hits the Market for €1.2M
Housed inside the iconic Villa Stein-de-Monzie, the renovated apartment stays true to the master architect’s celebrated...
You Can Rent a Renovated Studio in Le Corbusier's Famed Cité Radieuse
Designed and built in 1952, Unite d’Habitation in Marseille, France, is one of Le Corbusier’s most iconic and innovative...
Design Icon: 10 Influential Works by Le Corbusier
The Swiss-French architect pushed the boundaries of 20th-century design with innovative forms, materials, and new theories to...
The City of Chandigarh by Le Corbusier
Los Angeles architect Linda Taalman made a rare visit to Le Corbusier’s fraught masterpiece, the capitol complex of the city of...
3 New Book Releases: The Life and Work of Le Corbusier
2012 marked what would have been the 125th birthday of the great French architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known to the...
Around Manhattan Architectural Boat Tours by AIA New York
New York City is synonymous with the great buildings that stand within its limits: the Empire State Building, Grand Central...
Soren Rose
For our latest installment of Three Buildings, we turned to Danish designer Søren Rose.
Jeff Sherman’s Favorite Buildings
For this week’s “Three Buildings” column I turned to Jeff Sherman of the New York architecture firm Delson or Sherman.
Architectural Trespassing
I alluded to it in an earlier post on my trip to Switzerland, but one of the highlights of the whole affair was an impromptu stop...
Corbusier's Cabanon at RIBA
The only structure that famed architect Le Corbusier ever designed for himself has been reconstructed inside the Royal Institute...