LE CORBUSIER INTRODUCTION CHARLES-ÉDOUARD JEANNERET-GRIS, BETTER KNOWN AS LE CORBUSIER (OCTOBER 6, 1887 – AUGUST 27, 1965), WAS AN ARCHITECT, DESIGNER, PAINTER, URBAN PLANNER, WRITER, AND ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF WHAT IS NOW 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 EUROPE, INDIA, AND 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. HE WAS AWARDED THE FRANK P. BROWN MEDAL AND AIA GOLD MEDAL IN 1961. LE CORBUSIER ADOPTED HIS PSEUDONYM IN THE 1920S, ALLEGEDLY DERIVING IT IN PART FROM THE NAME OF AN ANCESTOR, LECORBÉSIER. LE CORBUSIER (OCTOBER 6, 1887 – AUGUST 27, 1965), STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE MECHANICAL ANALOGY LINGUISTIC ANALOGY FIVE POINTS OF ARCHITECTURE – USE OF PILOTIS I.E. REINFORCED CONCRETE STILTS. FREE FAÇADE AND LONG RIBBON WINDOWS IN VILLA SAVOYE – FREE FAÇADE I.E NON-SUPPORTING WALLS THAT COULD BE DESIGNED AS THE ARCHITECT WISHED. ROOF GARDENS – OPEN FLOOR PLAN , MEANING THAT THE FLOOR SPACE WAS FREE TO BE CONFIGURED INTO ROOMS WITHOUT CONCERN FOR SUPPORTING WALLS. – LONG HORIZONTAL RIBBON WINDOWS THAT ALLOW UNENCUMBERED VIEWS OF THE LARGE SURROUNDING. – ROOF GARDEN TO COMPENSATE FOR THE GREEN AREA CONSUMED BY THE BUILDING AND REPLACING IT ON THE ROOF. PILOTIS IN CORBUSIER‘S BUILDINGS 1