“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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Category: Heritage architecture
Discovering the French architectural heritage by an architectural photographer.
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 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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Relatoscopy of the brutalist “Orgues de Flandre”
Large housing complex of brutalist inspiration in the heart of Paris, the Orgues de Flandres play an original score.
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Le Corbusier’s artwork for the “Cité Frugès”
With the Cité Frugès, Le Corbusier realizes the utopia of the Modern Movement: to conceive the dwelling of the poor as he would conceive the house of the rich…
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In search of fluted concrete in Bordeaux, France
Bordeaux is not known for its brutalist architecture, except for the old bank in the Mériadeck district and maybe the future “Kanelé”…
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Architectural promenade at the Villa Savoye
The interior design of the Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier responds to the architect’s desire to highlight his precepts concerning new architecture.
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The Villa Savoye, new architecture by Le Corbusier
30 km west of Paris, the Villa Savoye by architect Jean Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, has remained a splendid avant-garde house which was built according to 5 points of architecture.
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