Le Corbusier also favored significant green space in cities, though his highly rationalist vision, articulated in this 1935 image of a "Radiant City," put residents in massive towers and sought to clean up the city's messy vitality. Photo 2 of 10 in Diagrams that Changed City Planning by Aaron Britt

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Le Corbusier also favored significant green space in cities, though his highly rationalist vision, articulated in this 1935 image of a "Radiant City," put residents in massive towers and sought to clean up the city's messy vitality.