Firminy Vert

Firminy Vert (lit. "Green Firminy") is group of modern buildings designed by architect Le Corbusier located in Firminy, France in 1964–1969.^[1] 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.^[2] It is praised as one of Europe's most accomplished postwar planning exercises.

Buildings edit

1965: Unité d'Habitation of Firminy-Vert, France^[3]
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 edit

^ 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 [Online], 16 | 2008, Online since 10 December 2010, connection on 10 May 2016. URL : http://lha.revues.org/194 ; DOI : 10.4000/lha.194

External links edit

Official website

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[1] Fischer, Jan Otakar. "Le Corbusier, by design".

[2] "Le Corbusier's utopian vision lives on in model modernist town".

[3] "HOUSING UNIT - Le corbusier".

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