Le Corbusier: The Beginning of an Architect and His Take on Modern Architecture
Le Corbusier (1887-1965), real name Charles- É douard Jeanneret, is known to be one of the most age-changing architects of his time due to his works chasing modern ideals of engineering. He was an artist, writer, designer, urban planner and became one of the most internationally influential architects of his time, his works still holding importance and influence to this day. As a person with both artist and architect mind, Le Corbusier combined the functionalism of the modern era and with bold sculptural expressionism. Le Corbusier believed their was beauty in technologies of the time and engineering was the modern way to design both aesthetically and practically. Le Corbusier started his carrier after finishing a house build for a teacher, deciding he would become an architect; self-taught architect. He took a series of trips through central Europe where he learned and appreciated various forms of European arch...