Ville Radieuse
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Ville radieuse was an unrealised urban design project designed by the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier in 1930. It constitutes one of the most influential and controversial urban design doctrines o
Design of Brasília – based upon the principles of the Ville radieuse
Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York
Le Corbusier
Unité d'habitation
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The Unité d'habitation is a modernist residential housing typology developed by Le Corbusier, with the collaboration of painter-architect Nadir Afonso. It formed the basis of several housing developme
Ville Radieuse
…1933. His utopian ideal formed the basis of a number of urban plans during the 1930s and 1940s culminating in the design and construction of the first Unité d'habitation in Marseille in 1952. In the late 1920s Le Corbusier lost confidence in big business to realise his dreams of utopia represented in the Ville Contemporaine…
East elevation Unité d'Habitation Marseille (La Cité Radieuse)
Roof terrace of La Cité Radieuse, Marseille
Roof terrace of the Unité d'Habitation in Marseille
Interior of La Cité Radieuse, Marseille