Who is Le Corbusier from The City Reader and what is their importance?

1887-1969. Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret in a Swiss town known for its watches, the renowned architect and planner changed his name to "Le Corbusier" during his studies in Paris. One of the founders of the Modernist movement, Le Corbusier favored rationality in all things and an international style of architecture for the machine age. He gained some acclaim with his first modern houses, which he dubbed "machines for living." Later, when he published this writing on "A Contemporary City," he gained even wider recognition, as he