The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier is a World Heritage Site consisting of a selection of 17 building projects in several countries by the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier. These sites demonstrate how modern movement architecture was applied to respond to the needs of society and show the global reach of an architectural style and an architect. Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was an architectural designer, urban planner and writer who was one of the pioneers of what is now referred to as modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and acquired French nationality by naturalisation in 1930. His career spanned five decades, in which he designed buildings all over the world. Le Corbusier was an important representative of the 20th-century modernist movement, which introduced new architectural techniques to meet the needs of the changing society. He revolutionised urban planning, and was a founding member of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne.
Modern architecture, also called "the modern movement", is an architectural movement that was prominent in the 20th century. Modern architecture was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction ; the principle of functionalism ; an embrace of minimalism; and a rejection of ornament. The properties that comprise this site are of various building types and include individual houses, apartment buildings, a factory, a chapel, a monastery, a legislative assembly, a museum and a cultural centre. Some of the French sites were added as a group to France's tentative list of World Heritage Sites in 2006, and the whole group of 17 sites was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2016, during the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Istanbul.