In the shadow of Le Corbusier’s iconic church
In Firminy, France, Le Corbusier’s Saint-Pierre church is in the public eye, but hides some of the forgotten secrets of its design…
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Category: Architectures
Free peregrinations of a French architectural photographer and patrimonial discoveries.
Espace Niemeyer in Paris, sensual architecture unveiled
Architectural journey into the belly of Oscar Niemeyer’s “feminine” architecture.
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“Le Volcan”: Oscar Niemeyer’s poetic architecture in the city of Le Havre
In the heart of the city of Le Havre, culture is nestled in volcanoes designed by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.
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Post-war Le Havre, anchored in concrete by Auguste Perret
In the city of Le Havre, France, Auguste Perret’s architectural studio produced a Brutalist masterpiece, the Church of St. Joseph, in the heart of a city with standardized architecture.
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The brutalist CNIT building at Paris La Défense
In Paris La Défense, the CNIT building with its impressive concrete vault has been enclosed since the 1970s in a concrete slab district.
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The “bird” train station of Lyon Saint-Exupéry
In 2020, during the period of deconfinement when our train stations and airports remained deserted, I took advantage of this unique moment to revisit the organic architecture of the Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV station.
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Through the veil of the Mucem by Rudy Ricciotti
What is hidden behind the apparent lightness of the black mesh veil of the Mucem by architect Rudi Ricciotti?
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The Lyon Auditorium, a pillbox for classical music
In Lyon, France, architect Henri Pottier designed an auditorium in a brutalist concrete shell with a bunkerized look.
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The “Centre National de la Danse” of Pantin, by Jacques Kalisz
In Pantin near Paris, Jacques Kalisz designed an original brutalist work with Aztec motifs that was transformed in the 21st century into the French National Dance Center.
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The hidden architecture of the Lugdunum museum in Lyon, France
In Lyon, France, for the former Museum of Gallo-Roman Civilization, architect Bernard Zehrfuss hid his brutalist architecture inside a hill.
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The ski resort of Flaine, Marcel Breuer’s architecture at the summit
During a ski trip in the French Alps a few years ago, I discovered this amazing 50 years old brutalist ski resort designed by the architect Marcel Breuer.
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A contrasting vision of the “Musée des Confluences”
The Musée des Confluences in Lyon, France, nicknamed the “crystal cloud” by its designer, architect Wolf D. Prix, deploys a chaotic and controversial deconstructivist architecture.
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