He was born in Switzerland to French speaking Swiss parents, and acquired French nationality by naturalization on 19 September Le Corbusier prepared the master plan for the city of Chandigarh in India , and contributed specific designs for several buildings there, especially the government buildings. Le Corbusier remains a controversial figure. Some of his urban planning ideas have been criticized for their indifference to pre-existing cultural sites, societal expression and equality, and his alleged ties with fascism , antisemitism , eugenics , [ 10 ] and the dictator Benito Mussolini have resulted in some continuing contention.
Le Corbusier also designed well-known furniture such as the LC4 Chaise Lounge chair and the LC1 chair, both made of leather with metal framing. His elder brother Albert was an amateur violinist. Located in the Jura Mountains 5 kilometres 3. Le Corbusier would later describe these as "my guide, my choice" and as "time-honored ideas, ingrained and deep-rooted in the intellect, like entries from a catechism.
He was attracted to the visual arts; at the age of fifteen, he entered the municipal art school in La-Chaux-de-Fonds which taught the applied arts connected with watchmaking.
Three years later he attended the higher course of decoration, founded by the painter Charles L'Eplattenier , who had studied in Budapest and Paris.
Le Corbusier wrote later that L'Eplattenier had made him "a man of the woods" and taught him about painting from nature. He wrote later, "we were constantly on mountaintops; we grew accustomed to a vast horizon. He reported later that it was the art teacher L'Eplattenier who made him choose architecture. I was sixteen, I accepted the verdict and I obeyed. I moved into architecture. Le Corbusier began teaching himself by going to the library to read about architecture and philosophy, visiting museums, sketching buildings, and constructing them.
