The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
---|---|
Includes | 17 sites on three continents |
Criteria | Cultural: (i)(ii)(vi) |
Reference | 1321rev |
Inscription | 2016 (40th Session) |
Area | 98.5 ha (0.380 sq mi) |
Buffer zone | 1,409.4 ha (5.442 sq mi) |
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement is a World Heritage Site consisting of a selection of 17 building projects in several countries by the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier.[1] These sites demonstrate how Modern Movement architecture was applied to respond to the needs of society and show the global range of a style and an architect.[2]
List of the sites
Picture | ID | Name | Location | Coordinates | Property Area | Buffer Zone |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1321-001 | Maisons La Roche et Villa Jeanneret | France (Paris) | 48°51′6.696″N 2°15′55.26″E / 48.85186000°N 2.2653500°E / 48.85186000; 2.2653500 | 0.097 ha (0.24 acres) | 13.644 ha (33.72 acres) | |
1321-002 | Petite villa au bord du lac Léman | Switzerland (Corseaux) | 46°28′6.29″N 6°49′45.61″E / 46.4684139°N 6.8293361°E / 46.4684139; 6.8293361 | 0.04 ha (0.099 acres) | 5.8 ha (14 acres) | |
1321-003 | Cité Frugès de Pessac | France (Pessac) | 44°47′56.004″N 0°38′52.368″W / 44.79889000°N 0.64788000°W / 44.79889000; -0.64788000 | 2.179 ha (5.38 acres) | 26.475 ha (65.42 acres) | |
1321-004 | Maison Guiette | Belgium (Antwerp) | 51°11′1.201″N 4°23′35.7″E / 51.18366694°N 4.393250°E / 51.18366694; 4.393250 | 0.0103 ha (0.025 acres) | 6.7531 ha (16.687 acres) | |
1321-005 | Maisons de la Weissenhof-Siedlung | Germany (Stuttgart) | 48°47′59.442″N 9°10′39.594″E / 48.79984500°N 9.17766500°E / 48.79984500; 9.17766500 | 0.1165 ha (0.288 acres) | 33.6213 ha (83.080 acres) | |
1321-006 | Villa Savoye et loge du jardiner | France (Poissy) | 48°55′27.923″N 2°1′42.038″E / 48.92442306°N 2.02834389°E / 48.92442306; 2.02834389 | 1.036 ha (2.56 acres) | 155.585 ha (384.46 acres) | |
1321-007 | Immeuble Clarté | Switzerland (Genève) | 46°12′0.576″N 6°9′23.072″E / 46.20016000°N 6.15640889°E / 46.20016000; 6.15640889 | 0.15 ha (0.37 acres) | 1.8 ha (4.4 acres) | |
1321-008 | Immeuble locatif à la Porte Molitor | France (Paris, Boulogne-Billancourt) | 48°50′36.204″N 2°15′4.644″E / 48.84339000°N 2.25129000°E / 48.84339000; 2.25129000 | 0.032 ha (0.079 acres) | 57.113 ha (141.13 acres) | |
1321-009 | Unité d’habitation Marseille (Cité radieuse) | France (Marseille) | 43°15′40.932″N 5°23′46.248″E / 43.26137000°N 5.39618000°E / 43.26137000; 5.39618000 | 3.648 ha (9.01 acres) | 119.833 ha (296.11 acres) | |
1321-010 | La Manufacture à Saint-Dié fr | France (Saint-Dié-des-Vosges) | 48°17′26.952″N 6°57′0.9″E / 48.29082000°N 6.950250°E / 48.29082000; 6.950250 | 0.762 ha (1.88 acres) | 64.912 ha (160.40 acres) | |
1321-011 | Curutchet House | Argentina (La Plata) | 34°54′40.83″S 57°56′30.57″W / 34.9113417°S 57.9418250°W / -34.9113417; -57.9418250 | 0.027 ha (0.067 acres) | 6.965 ha (17.21 acres) | |
1321-012 | Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut de Ronchamp | France (Ronchamp) | 47°42′16.164″N 6°37′14.808″E / 47.70449000°N 6.62078000°E / 47.70449000; 6.62078000 | 2.734 ha (6.76 acres) | 239.661 ha (592.22 acres) | |
1321-013 | Cabanon de Le Corbusier | France (Roquebrune-Cap-Martin) | 43°45′34.992″N 7°27′48.24″E / 43.75972000°N 7.4634000°E / 43.75972000; 7.4634000 | 0.198 ha (0.49 acres) | 176.172 ha (435.33 acres) | |
1321-014 | Complexe du Capitole | India (Chandigarh) | 30°45′27″N 76°48′20″E / 30.75750°N 76.80556°E / 30.75750; 76.80556 | 66 ha (160 acres) | 195 ha (480 acres) | |
1321-015 | Couvent Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette | France (Éveux) | 45°49′9.826″N 4°37′21″E / 45.81939611°N 4.62250°E / 45.81939611; 4.62250 | 17.923 ha (44.29 acres) | 99.872 ha (246.79 acres) | |
1321-016 | Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l’Occident | Japan (Tokyo) | 35°42′55″N 139°46′33″E / 35.71528°N 139.77583°E / 35.71528; 139.77583 | 0.93 ha (2.3 acres) | 116.17 ha (287.1 acres) | |
1321-017 | Maison de la Culture de Firminy | France (Firminy) | 45°22′59.484″N 4°17′20.641″E / 45.38319000°N 4.28906694°E / 45.38319000; 4.28906694 | 2.601 ha (6.43 acres) | 90.008 ha (222.41 acres) |
Location maps
class=notpageimage|
Location of sites throughout the worldclass=notpageimage|
Location of European sites in and around FranceReferences
External links
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement / UNESCO Official Website
- Association des sites Le Corbusier
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier: An Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement at Fondation Le Corbusier website
- v
- t
- e
- Tsentrosoyuz building
- Notre-Dame du Haut
- National Museum of Western Art
- Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
- Open Hand Monument
- Pavillon de l'Esprit Nouveau
- Pavillon Suisse
- Immeuble Clarté
- Immeuble Molitor
- Cabanon de vacances
- Mill Owners' Association Building
- United Nations Secretariat Building
- Sanskar Kendra Museum
- Museum and Art Gallery
- Secretariat Building
- Palace of Assembly
- Baghdad Gymnasium
- Maison du Brésil
- Church of Saint-Pierre, Firminy
- Firminy-Vert Stadium
- Complexe du Capitole
- Couvent Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette
- Maison de la Culture de Firminy
- Usine Claude et Duval
- Governor's Palace
- Palace of the Soviets
- Plan Voisin
- Ville Contemporaine
- Villa Meyer
- Ville Radieuse
- Chaise Longue LC4
- Grand Confort
- Le Corbusier's Furniture
- Poem of the Right Angle (1947–1953)
- Toward an Architecture (1923)
- Fondation Le Corbusier
- Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne
- List of Le Corbusier buildings
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- Modulor
- Palace of Ministry of National Education and Public Health
- Philips Pavilion
- Purism
- United Nations headquarters
- The Price of Desire (2014 film)
- Commons
- Wikinews
- Wikiquote