Not sure how authoritative you'll think the Intercontinental Furniture
Exhibition's "Designer Profile" to be, but (for what it's worth), at
http://www.ifexonline.com/cat/corbusier.htm there's this:
"Ozenfant and Le Corbusier (then still known as Jeanneret) together
wrote a series of articles for L'Esprit Nouveau that were to be signed
with pseudonyms. Ozenfant chose Saugnier, the name of his grandmother,
and suggested for Jeanneret the name Le Corbusier, the name of a
paternal forebear."
--Jonathan
Jonathan Furner
UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
On Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 12:21 PM, Stan Shiebert wrote:
> Dear Collective Wisdom:
> We are trying to find out the meaning of Le Corbusier's name? Any
> connection with corbeau? Or did he just invent the word? Any assistance
> gratefully received
> Stan
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