Charles-Edouard Jeanneret assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier in 1920. Translated as “the builder” it could not be a more apt title for one of the most influential and prolific architects in human history. Masterpieces of residential architecture from Villa La Roche (1923) and Villa Savoye (1928) to examples of urban planning and housing seen in Unite d’Habitation (1952) illustrate how Le Corbusier was able to bring new principles of architecture and living to life. He developed a rigorous method of proportion based on the golden section and the proportions of the human body, which informed all the buildings and objects he designed. He created a system of building that could be applied to city plans on a grand scale and to furniture and interior details at the human scale. Commissioned to develop a new city of Chandigarh - literally from the ground up - Le Corbusier was able to create a world which he had always envisioned and on a massive scale, without interference. Within each project, new furniture was developed in collaboration with Le Corbusier’s cousin Pierre Jeanneret. Made of local materials, the furniture provides a novel, yet harmonious functionality for its users, impervious to the extreme climate and timeless in its design. These masterpieces have been rediscovered since the turn of the century, and are now seen as some of the most desirable and inspiring works of French decorative art.