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"The Despot is not a man. It is the Plan. The correct, realistic, exact plan."
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Le CorbusierUne maison est une machine-à-habiter. — Le Corbusier
"Une maison est une machine-à-habiter."
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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland to French-speaking Swiss parents and acquired French nationality in 1930. He designed buildings in Europe, Japan, India, and the Americas during a five-decade career. He
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"The truthfulness of materials of constructions, concrete, bricks and stone, shall be maintained in all buildings constructed or to be constructed. The seed of Chandigarh is well sown. It is for the citizens to see that the tree flourishes."
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"Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep."
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"Vous savez, cest la vie qui a raison, larchitecte qui a tort."
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"Vehicular traffic is completely forbidden in the green strips, where tranquility shall reign and the curse of noise shall not penetrate."
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"Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city."
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