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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Le Corbusier, Bernhard Hoesli, Bernard Tschumi, Peter Zumthor, Erwin Friedrich Baumann, Herzog & de Meuron, Max Frisch, Albert Frey, Valerio Olgiati, Markus Breitschmid, Hans Auer, Justus Dahinden, Ernst Cramer, Hannes Meyer, Max Bill, Adolphe Appia, Andreas Vogler, Jean Tschumi, Philippe Rahm, Samuel Werenfels, Wilhelm Eduard Brodtbeck, Geo Voumard, Melchior Berri, William Lescaze, Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli, Peter Vetsch, Giovanni Antonio Viscardi, Enrico Zuccalli, Bruno Giacometti, Hans Benno Bernoulli, Pierre Jeanneret, Charles Labelye, Pietro Antonio Trezzini, Alexander von Senger, Louis-Daniel Perrier, Karl Moser, Joseph-Antoine Froelicher, Max Dudler, Alphonse Laverriere, Werner M. Moser, Eugene-Edouard Monod, Edy Knupfer, Werner Schindler, Ferdinand Stadler, Fridolin Heer, Christian Constantin, Fritz Metzger, Marc Camoletti, Martin Schmid. Excerpt: Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier (French pronunciation: October 6, 1887 - August 27, 1965), was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. His career spanned five decades, with his buildings constructed throughout central Europe, India, Russia, one in North and several in South America. He was a pioneer in studies of modern high design and was dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities. Le Corbusier adopted his pseudonym in the 1920s, allegedly deriving it in part from the name of a distant ancestor, "Lecorbesier." However, it appears to have been an earlier (and somewhat unkind) nickname, which he simply decided to keep. He was awarded the Frank P. Brown Medal in 1961. He was born as Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris in La Chaux-de...
