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Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light: light and shade reveal these forms.

Le Corbusier

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Le Corbusier
Age: 77 †
Born: 1887
Born: October 6
Died: 1965
Died: August 27
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