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Dessous spectaculaire en dentelle métallique de la Tour Eiffel
Eiffel Tower
Palais de l'UNESCO à Paris
Architecture of the Unesco headquarters in Paris
Maison de la culture de Le Corbusier à Firminy
Le Corbusier’s Maison de la Culture in Firminy
Face sud de l'église Saint-Pierre de Firminy
Le Corbusier’s church in Firminy, France
Arbre en creux dans la façade en béton
Firminy housing unit
Courbes de lumières à l'intérieur de l'église Saint-Pierre
Interior of Le Corbusier’s church in Firminy
The Oscar Niemeyer space in Le Havre
Oscar Niemeyer’s volcanoes in Le Havre, France
Espace Oscar Niemeyer in Paris
Espace Niemeyer in Paris
The Cnit seen from the parvis de la Défense in Paris
The brutalist CNIT building at Paris La Défense
Inside the belfry of Saint-Joseph church in Le Havre
Saint Joseph’s Church in Le Havre by Auguste Perret
2023 wishes of photographer Thierry Allard
Architectural tour of the Mucem by Thierry Allard
The Mucem by Rudi Ricciotti architect
Maurice Ravel Auditorium in Lyon
The Maurice Ravel auditorium of Henri Pottier
Stairs of the Centre National de la Danse in Pantin near Paris, France
The “Centre National de la Danse” by Jacques Kalisz architect
Skylight of the Lugdunum museum in Lyon
The Lugdunum museum by Bernard Zehrfuss architect
Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier by the architectural photographer T.Allard
Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye
Architectural ballad at the Villa Savoye of Le Corbusier
Interior of Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier architect
White "Gratte-ciel" (skyscraper) house by Le Corbusier in the cité Frugès near Bordeaux
The Frugès city near Bordeaux by Le Corbusier
Contrasting views of the Musée des Confluences
The “musée des Confluences” by Coop Himmelb(l)au
The Orgues de flandre photographed by Thierry Allard
The “Orgues de Flandre” by Martin Schulz Van Treeck
Detail of a brutalist facade in fluted concrete
Brutalism & fluted concrete in Bordeaux
Brutalist architecture in Paris la Défense
The brutalist architecture of La Défense, Paris
Shadow of a construction crane on the roof of the Cnit in the La Défense district of Paris
The Great Arch of Johan Otto von Spreckelsen

Marcel Breuer's Betelgeuse building in Flaine
The ski resort of Flaine by Marcel Breuer
Detail of the metallic structure of the Lyon Saint-Exupéry station
Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV station by architect Santiago Calatrava Valls
The cabbages of Créteil seen by the photographer Thierry Allard
Architecture of the 21st Century City by Gérard Grandval architect
Concrete occultation of a window in the convent of La Tourette by the architect Le Corbusier
“Point of view” on Le Corbusier’s convent
Skylight in the church of the convent of La Tourette
Murmurs, divine interiors by Le Corbusier
Concrete structure Cité Radieuse Le Corbusier in Marseille
The radiant city of Le Corbusier in Marseille, France
Ycone construction site in Lyon
Thierry Allard Photographe d'architecture
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