Invented modern urban planning. Designed an entire city (Chandigarh). Still inhabited.
The Swiss-French visionary essentially invented modern urban planning, defining five principles of architecture that shaped every city built after 1930. His Unité d'Habitation in Marseille (1952) pioneered vertical community living, while Chandigarh, India — a city he designed from scratch — remains inhabited by 1.2 million people today. Though controversial for his authoritarian urban theories, his influence on 20th-century architecture is unmatched.
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