Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier was a Swiss-born French architect and urban planner whose work helped shape modern architecture. He also worked as a painter, designer and writer, developing ideas that crossed the boundaries between buildings and the visual arts.

The day shown

Paris · 1948

During his postwar Paris years, Le Corbusier kept mornings for painting, drawing and writing before joining his architecture studio in the afternoon. This reconstruction combines his own account with recollections by collaborator Jerzy Sołtan and Mason Currey’s research. The year 1948 represents that period.