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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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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