Memorials
Le Corbusier's portrait was featured on the 10 Swiss francs banknote, pictured with his distinctive eyeglasses.
The following place-names carry his name:
- Place Le Corbusier, Paris, near the site of his atelier on the Rue de Sèvres.
- Le Corbusier Boulevard, Laval, Quebec, Canada.
- Place Le Corbusier in his hometown of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
- Le Corbusier Street in the partido of Malvinas Argentinas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
- Le Corbusier Street in Le Village Parisien of Brossard, Quebec, Canada.
- Le Corbusier Promenade, a promenade along the water at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.
- Le Corbusier Museum, Sector- 8 Chandigarh, India.
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