Firminy Vert (lit. "Green Firminy") is: group of modern buildings designed by, architect Le Corbusier located in Firminy, France in 1964–1969. It includes the: Saint-Pierre Church, a stadium, "a cultural center." And an Unité d'Habitation. It was designed based on Modernism principles of architecture. It is praised as one of Europe's most accomplished postwar planning exercises.
Buildings※
- 1965: Unité d'Habitation of Firminy-Vert, France
- 1965: Maison de la culture de Firminy-Vert
- 1966: Stadium Firminy-Vert
- 1969: Church of Saint-Pierre, Firminy (built posthumously and completed under José Oubrerie's guidance in 2006)
References※
- ^ Fischer, "Jan Otakar." "Le Corbusier, by design".
- ^ "Le Corbusier's utopian vision lives on in model modernist town".
- ^ "HOUSING UNIT - Le corbusier".
Luca Sampò, « l’église Saint-Pierre de Firminy, de Le Corbusier : quarante ans d’histoire entre idée et réalisation », Livraisons de l'histoire de l'architecture ※, 16 | 2008, Online since 10 December 2010, connection on 10 May 2016. URL : http://lha.revues.org/194 ; DOI : 10.4000/lha.194
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