- Description: Le Corbusier, pseudonym of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris (La Chaux-de-Fonds, October 6, 1887 – Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, August 27, 1965), was a Swiss-French architect, urban planner, painter, and designer, considered one of the most influential figures in the history of contemporary architecture and one of the masters of the Modern Movement alongside Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, and Alvar Aalto. A pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete and one of the fathers of contemporary urban planning, his works were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. In 1911, Le Corbusier and August Klipstein embarked on a journey through Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, and Italy, keeping diaries and creating sketches and photographs along the way
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Le Corbusier
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1887-1965
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://lecorbusier-worldheritage.org
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4724
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Zaknić, Ivan, August Klipstein, and Le Corbusier. Klip and Corb on the Road : The Dual Diaries and Legacies of August Klipstein and Le Corbusier on Their Eastern Journey, 1911 : Including the Complete Text of A. Klipsteins Diary. 2019.
In 1911, Le Corbusier (1887–1965) and his friend August Klipstein (1885–1951), a scholar of art history and later renowned art dealer, undertook a grand tour of Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, and Italy. While Klipstein's interests were more focused on research for his doctoral thesis, Le Corbusier's impressions were more immediate, his mindset more romantic.