1929 – Villa Savoye, Poissy, France
Architect: Le Corbusier
Situated at Poissy, outside of Paris,
Situated at Poissy, outside of Paris,
A very interesting building on a narrow site,
The third railway station in Le Havre,
Designed as a station and port facility,
This is a singular work in Le Corbusier’s oeuvre in that it departs from his principles of standardisation and the machine aesthetic,
From 1945 to 1964,
The new town hall was built on the site of the old which was destroyed in 1944.
Based on the modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier,
The design for the Centre Nationale d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou was selected after a competition in 1971.
Built as a cultural centre for the Arab world,