LE CORBUSIER

A prime mover behind the International Style, Le Corbusier made one construction so different from prevailing ideas, as well as so original, that it expands any earlier sense of his architecture: the Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp, France. Built between 1950 and 1955, it has a tower reminiscent of a grain silo, along with a sweeping roof that resembles a floppy hat, covering curved walls with rectangular apertures of various sizes and shapes, in sum reflecting le Corbusier's...