Le Corbusier— the Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture— is another time-honored champion, whose career spanned five decades and inspired many a following creative. Chapelle de Ronchamp is exemplary of his charm and freedom from inhibition, and Villa Savoye, Four Elevations has an inexplicable je ne sais quoi about it, a testament to his inescapable good taste despite relative simplicity.
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