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Le Corbusier: A Life

Published on May 09, 201211052 Views

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier (French pronunciation: [lə kɔʁbyzje]; October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965), was an architect, designer, urbanist,and writer, famous for being one

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Le Corbusier: A Life00:00
Le Corbusier01:17
Official Funeral in the Cour Carrée at the Louvre04:44
Le Corbusier and André Malraux, Chandigarh07:13
Yvonne Gallis, a model from Monaco, Le Courbusier´s wife10:10
Marie-Chalotte-Amélie Jeanneret, mother of Le Corbusier14:32
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (left) with his brother Albert and his parents George Edward and Marie-Charlotte-Amélie Jeanneret17:27
25th wedding anniversary of his mother and father18:52
His first trip was to Italy20:54
Paris22:33
With his brother in Paris22:43
He developed an obsession with prostitutes: Sketch 123:09
He developed an obsession with prostitutes: Sketch 223:34
He developed an obsession with prostitutes: Sketch 323:45
William Ritter23:56
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret and Auguste Klipstein in Pera24:47
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, sketch of the "Acropolis of Athens", on his journey to the East26:14
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret at the Acropolis27:27
Returns to La Chaux-de-Fonds27:33
Villa Jeanneret-Peret, La Chaux-de-Fonds28:17
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret and his father Georges-Édouard in front of the Villa Jeanneret-Peret in La Chaux-de-Fonds29:13
Meets the painter Amédée Ozenfant29:46
Menu of a meal with Ozenfant30:01
Studio for Amédée Ozenfant (1)30:54
Studio for Amédée Ozenfant (2)31:28
Villa for Raoul La Roche (1)31:41
Villa for Raoul La Roche (2)31:53
The little house "Le Lac" at Corseaux on Lake Geneva33:40
L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion in Paris34:08
His 1925 Plan Voisin to rebuild the downtown core of Paris35:45
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret at home in Paris35:48
Yvonne Gallis37:52
Death of Georges Edouard Jeanneret, father of Le Corbusier38:19
A monument for his father40:09
With Charlotte Perriand40:15
The furniture (1)40:22
The furniture (2)40:36
Villa Stein-de Monzie in Garches40:42
Mondrian standing on the roof of the villa Stein-de Monzie in Garches41:05
Villa Savoye in Poissy41:15
Le Corbusier and Joséphine Baker aboard Lutetia (1)42:31
Le Corbusier and Joséphine Baker aboard Lutetia (2)44:44
Le Corbusier and Joséphine Baker aboard Lutetia (3)45:04
Le Corbusier´s drawings of Josephine Baker45:21
He did a number of erotic drawings over the years45:44
Wedding with Yvonne Gallis45:52
Le Corbusier on the test track at the Fiat factory in Turin46:00
Le Corbusier and his wife Yvonne in Piquey46:11
Le Corbusier and his mother Marie-Charlotte-Amélie46:28
Picture of himself as a cleaning lady46:34
Trip to Moscow where he meets Sergueï Eisenstein46:59
Palace of Soviets, Moscow47:25
The apartment block at 24 rue Nungesser-et-Coli, Boulogne-sur-Seine, including a penthouse apartment and studio for himself47:33
Le Corbusier and his wife50:33
His wife Yvonne50:37
Apartment of Le Corbusier, 24 rue Nungesser et Coli51:08
The Salvation Army hostel in Paris51:15
Villa for Hélène de Mandrot at Le Pradet near Toulon51:30
Trip to the USA52:30
Le Corbusier also had a long extramarital affair with Swedish-American heiress Marguerite Tjader Harris52:56
In Chicago53:58
His sketch of Marguerite Tjader Harris54:14
In the late 30s he got into a boating accident54:23
Murals in Le Corbusier's Villa of Jean Badovici and Eileen Gray55:25
In Switzerland55:41
Extended stay in Vichy55:45
Le Corbusier and Albert Einstein in Princeton, New Jersey56:54
Le Corbusier in front of the building of the United Nations Secretariat, New York57:29
Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles (1)57:47
Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles (2)57:52
Le Corbusier and Pablo Picasso on the site of Unité d'habitation in Marseille57:57
Southern France58:22
Le Corbusier’s Cabanon58:35
Le Corbusier’s Cabanon interior58:52
Le Corbusier and Jawaharlal Nehru, Chandigarh59:00
Le Corbusier in Chandigarh (1)59:25
Le Corbusier in Chandigarh (2)59:31
Mill Owners’ Association in Ahmedabad59:34
On the work site59:48
Le Corbusier in front of the High Court in Chandigarh59:55
Assembly Building in Chandigarh (1)01:00:09
Assembly Building in Chandigarh (2)01:00:14
Inside the Assembly Building in Chandigarh01:00:17
Chapel at Ronchamp (1)01:00:34
Chapel at Ronchamp (2)01:00:50
Chapel at Ronchamp (3)01:00:58
Le Corbusier´s brother and mother01:01:06
His home life01:01:25
A drawing made for Yvonne01:01:41
Yvonne Le Corbusier01:01:57
Dominican Monastery at Sainte Marie de la Tourette (1)01:02:06
Dominican Monastery at Sainte Marie de la Tourette (2)01:04:18
Dominican Monastery at Sainte Marie de la Tourette (3)01:04:26
Portrait de Charlotte-Amélie Jeanneret-Perret01:04:49
Le Corbusier with his mother and brother01:04:57
Lecture of Le Corbusier at La Sorbonne01:05:05
Le Corbusier dies while swimming at Cap-Martin01:05:14