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Despite his visionary and daring designs for which he was highly praised, the large scale and general failure of his collective living projects bring discredit to his work. Furthermore, his excessive use of concrete and his harsh break with popular, classic architectural trends are still the subject of debate.

Designed in the 1920s by Le Corbusier, one of Modernism's most influential architects, the “Radiant City” was to be a linear and ordered metropolis of the future. It was ambitious, a blueprint not only for a more rational urban environment but also for radical social reform.

Le Corbusier is blamed for having an exceedingly rationalist vision of the city. His colleague and contemporary, Hugo Häring, argued that the Swiss-French architect's design was "a proposal of an abhorrent future, organized like a "Prussian military world", orderly, aligned, disciplined, but cold".

Le Corbusier built many groundbreaking buildings around the world and drew up numerous important urban development plans. He created impressive works of art – with paintings, sculptures, drawings and collages, enamels, tapestries as well as engravings. And he developed timeless furniture icons.

Despite his visionary and daring designs for which he was highly praised, the large scale and general failure of his collective living projects bring discredit to his work. Furthermore, his excessive use of concrete and his harsh break with popular, classic architectural trends are still the subject of debate.

The large scar on Swiss architect Le Corbusier's right thigh was the result of an accident that occurred while swimming off the coast of Saint Tropez, southern France, in August 1938.

Le Corbusier was an influential architect and city planner whose designs combined functionalism with bold sculptural expressionism. He belonged to the first generation of the so-called International school of architecture, which promoted such characteristics as clean geometric forms and open efficient spaces.

Unlike the radial design of the Ville Contemporaine, the Ville Radieuse was a linear city based upon the abstract shape of the human body with head, spine, arms and legs. The design maintained the idea of high-rise housing blocks, free circulation and abundant green spaces proposed in his earlier work.

Designed in the 1920s by Le Corbusier, one of Modernism's most influential architects, the “Radiant City” was to be a linear and ordered metropolis of the future. It was ambitious, a blueprint not only for a more rational urban environment but also for radical social reform.

Despite his visionary and daring designs for which he was highly praised, the large scale and general failure of his collective living projects bring discredit to his work. Furthermore, his excessive use of concrete and his harsh break with popular, classic architectural trends are still the subject of debate.

Designed in the 1920s by Le Corbusier, one of Modernism's most influential architects, the “Radiant City” was to be a linear and ordered metropolis of the future. It was ambitious, a blueprint not only for a more rational urban environment but also for radical social reform.

Le Corbusier is blamed for having an exceedingly rationalist vision of the city. His colleague and contemporary, Hugo Häring, argued that the Swiss-French architect's design was "a proposal of an abhorrent future, organized like a "Prussian military world", orderly, aligned, disciplined, but cold".

Le Corbusier built many groundbreaking buildings around the world and drew up numerous important urban development plans. He created impressive works of art – with paintings, sculptures, drawings and collages, enamels, tapestries as well as engravings. And he developed timeless furniture icons.

Despite his visionary and daring designs for which he was highly praised, the large scale and general failure of his collective living projects bring discredit to his work. Furthermore, his excessive use of concrete and his harsh break with popular, classic architectural trends are still the subject of debate.

The large scar on Swiss architect Le Corbusier's right thigh was the result of an accident that occurred while swimming off the coast of Saint Tropez, southern France, in August 1938.

Le Corbusier was an influential architect and city planner whose designs combined functionalism with bold sculptural expressionism. He belonged to the first generation of the so-called International school of architecture, which promoted such characteristics as clean geometric forms and open efficient spaces.

Unlike the radial design of the Ville Contemporaine, the Ville Radieuse was a linear city based upon the abstract shape of the human body with head, spine, arms and legs. The design maintained the idea of high-rise housing blocks, free circulation and abundant green spaces proposed in his earlier work.

Designed in the 1920s by Le Corbusier, one of Modernism's most influential architects, the “Radiant City” was to be a linear and ordered metropolis of the future. It was ambitious, a blueprint not only for a more rational urban environment but also for radical social reform.