Le Corbusier, pseudonym of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Grisborn, was a Swiss neutralized French architect, urban planner, painter and designer, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1887. Considered one of the most innovative and incisive personalities in the history of architecture contemporary and master of the Modern Movement, he was a pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete for architecture, designing revolutionary private residences, such as the Ville Savoye in France. He invented modern housing solutions such as the Unitées d'Habitation, and planned cities inspired by utopian visions such as Chandigarh, and finally designed furniture that became part of western popular culture. Member and founder of the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture moderne, he merged architecture with the social needs of the average man, revealing himself to be a brilliant thinker of the reality of his time. Some buildings have been added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as they are considered "a testimony to the invention of a new architectural language that marks a break with the past".