ISBN 978-3-8365-6032-0 Edition: German ISBN 978-3-8365-6035-1 Edition: English Modern living Le Corbusier: Master builder of the future Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is generally regarded as the most influential architect of the 20th century. Whether private villas or social housing, his radical ideas, designs and writings were not about renewing individual structures, but about reinventing the entire concept of modern living. Over the years, Le Corbusier's building projects developed from early houses in the traditional Swiss style to glistening white purist villas and dynamic syntheses of art and architecture, such as the Ronchamp Chapel and the administrative buildings in Chandigarh, India. The ability to combine functionalist approaches with a strong expressionism runs through his entire oeuvre. The social aspect of urban planning was also important to Le Corbusier - he was a founding member of the Congrès international d'architecture moderne (CIAM),