Le Corbusier 1887 - 1965

Swiss born Charles Edouard Jeanneret, was a highly skilled, prize winning watch engraver, until he changed his profession and his name to become the renowned architect and designer that we know as 'Le Corbusier'.

In 1910 he apprenticed himself at the acclaimed studios of Peter Behrens in Berlin (where both Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius worked and trained). He soon returned to Switzerland to teach and practice architecture.

Le Corbusier's 'Domino House' became his first milestone of innovative and inspirational creation. His use of reinforced concrete (supported by steel pillars) negated the necessity for the usual confining supporting walls, thus creating an early example of 'the open plan' interior.