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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: 54. Chapters: Buildings and structures in Switzerland, Gothic Revival architecture in Switzerland, Swiss architects, Swiss urban planners, Le Corbusier, Munster of Bern, Bernhard Hoesli, Bernard Tschumi, Peter Zumthor, Erwin Friedrich Baumann, Herzog & de Meuron, Goetheanum, Max Frisch, Albert Frey, Valerio Olgiati, Markus Breitschmid, Schloss Ebenrain, Hans Auer, Justus Dahinden, Ernst Cramer, Hannes Meyer, Max Bill, Adolphe Appia, Andreas Vogler, Bollingen Tower, Jean Tschumi, Philippe Rahm, Church of the Holy Ghost, Bern, Samuel Werenfels, Wilhelm Eduard Brodtbeck, Geo Voumard, Melchior Berri, Renata von Tscharner, William Lescaze, Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli, Villa Jeanneret-Perret, Peter Vetsch, Giovanni Antonio Viscardi, Rolex Learning Center, Enrico Zuccalli, Bruno Giacometti, Hans Benno Bernoulli, Pierre Jeanneret, Charles Labelye, Pietro Antonio Trezzini, Alexander von Senger, Louis-Daniel Perrier, Swiss Heritage Society, 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, Elisabethenkirche, Basel, 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 Corbus...
