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Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (died 1965)
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Le Corbusier
Swiss-French architect (1887–1965)
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland to French-speaking Swiss parents, and acquired…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Philips Pavilion
Demolished building in Brussels, Belgium
The Philips Pavilion was a modernist pavilion in Brussels, Belgium, constructed for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Commissioned by electronics manufacturer Philips and designed by the office of Le Corbusier, it was built to house a multimedia spectacle that celebrated postwar…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Saint-Pierre, Firminy
Building by Le Corbusier in France
Saint-Pierre is a concrete building in the commune of Firminy, France. The last major work of Le Corbusier, it was started in 1973 and completed in 2006, forty-one years after his death.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)