Le Corbusier (1887-1965), whose true name is Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, was a Swiss-born, French architect, creator, urban planner, and writer. He pioneered the modern style in the 20th century. Together with his contemporaries Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier is considered as an influential leader of the Modern group and assisted to establish the modernism as the dominant style in both architecture and furniture works in the early to mid-20th century.
As an architect, Le Corbusier was very productive. With a profession that starts the first half of the 20th century, he designed structures and free-standing structures worldwide from Europe to the Far East. His architectural designs were explicit of the International design, a more fashionable branch of modern design which gave emphasis on balance and volume too as the insufficiency of ornament. He is also credited for aiding establish Purism, a state of Cubist art, and the Modulor system in architectural measurements. Some of the structures he designed, such as the Villa Savoye in France and the National Museum of Western Art in Japan, can still be observed today.
In addition to his work in architecture, Le Corbusier also designed furniture for use in the interiors of the structures he designed. In 1928, Le Corbusier began in partnership with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret and interior stylist Charlotte Perriand that resulted with several tubular steel furniture items. These furnishings were later passes into the now-standard Le Corbusier furniture collection, and displayed at the Salon d’ Automne or Autumn Salon exposition in 1929 at Paris under the Equipment for the Home installation. Today most if not all of the creations featured at the Salon, including the tubular steel LC1 Sling Chair and the LC4 Chaise Lounge, are available as reproduction parts from various manufacturers.
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