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

Le Corbusier, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, was born in a Swiss town known for its watches. Famous as an architect and planner, he changed his name to "Le Corbusier" while studying in Paris. Le Corbusier favored rationality in all things and an international style of architecture. His first modern houses were well received and dubbed "machines for living". The editors of the anthology recommend other works by Le Corbusier for further reading, including The City of To-morrow and Its Planning (London: John Rodher, 1947), Concerning Town Planning (London: Architectural Press), and L'Urbanisme des trois établissements humaines (Paris: Éditions de Minuit, 1959).