Who was Le Corbusier?

One of the most imaginative and most influential architects of the 20th century, Le Corbusier died in 1965 after a lifetime devoted to building and planning, from private houses and churches to apartment blocks and entire cities. Although they aroused a storm of opposition at the time, his most famous buildings have largely determined the course of modern architecture in the past few decades. To of them, the now legendary Villa Savoye and the Chapel of Ronchamp, have been declared historie monuments by the French government. They and many other works, in many countries, are shaping the architectural future. Le Corbusier's ideas, his books, his vision of the Radiant City, continue to be as much discussed today as when he first put them into circulation.