Charles-Edouard Jeanneret assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier in 1920. Translated as “the builder” it could not be a more apt title forone of the most influential and prolific architects in human history. Masterpieces of residential architecture from Villa La Roche (1923) andVilla Savoye (1928) to examples of urban planning and housing seen in Unite d’Habitation (1952) illustrate how Le Corbusier was able tobring new principles of architecture and living to life. Developing a rigorous method of proportion based on the golden section and theproportions of the human body formed all buildings and objects he designed. Le Corbusier created a system of building that could beapplied to city plans on a grand scale and to furniture and interior details at the human scale. Commissioned to develop a new city ofChandigarh literally from the ground up, Le Corbusier was able to create a world which he had always envisioned and on a massive scalewithout interference. Within each project, new furniture was developed in collaboration with Le Corbusier’s cousin Pierre Jeanneret. Madeof local materials, the furniture provides a novel, yet harmonious functionality for its users, impervious to the extreme climate and timelessin its design. These masterpieces have been rediscovered since the turn of the century, and are now seen as some of the most desirableand inspiring works of French decorative art.