Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) was born in Switzerland in 1887. He later became a French citizen and was famous for being an architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter. He designed buildings of the Modernist style that were constructed throughout the world. The main points that he adopted in his architectural designs were: the idea of supporting pilotis (Concrete or metal stilts that reinforced the structure of the building. This enabled the walls to be non-supporting which made them more flexible as far as their design goes, meaning that the façade could be almost any shape the architect desired, or even contain huge windows without being a safety hazard. With these three points, he also used open floor-plans which made the rooms versatile and meant that their purposes could be changed. The final point that he utilised was the concept of roof-gardens to compensate for the green areas lost in the construction of the buildings. These are all points that are still used today in contemporary architectural design. His most famous building is probably the Villa Savoye.