1932 – Railway Station, Le Havre, France
Architect: Henri Pacon
The third railway station in Le Havre,
1935 – Gare du Havre-Maritime, Le Havre, Normandy, France
Architect: Urbain Cassan
Designed as a station and port facility,
1954 – Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, France
Architect: Le Corbusier
This is a singular work in Le Corbusier’s oeuvre in that it departs from his principles of standardisation and the machine aesthetic,
1957 – Eglise St Joseph, Le Havre, Normandy, France
Architect: Auguste Perret
From 1945 to 1964, the City of Le Havre commissioned Auguste Perret to lead the rebuilding of the entire city after it had been completely destroyed during the Second World War .
1958 – Hôtel de Ville, Le Havre, Normandy, France
Architect: Auguste Perret
The new town hall was built on the site of the old which was destroyed in 1944.
1965 – Unité d’Habitation, Firminy, France
Architect: Le Corbusier
Based on the modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier,
1977 – Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Architect: Richard Rogers & Renzo Piano
The design for the Centre Nationale d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou was selected after a competition in 1971.
1987 – Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Built as a cultural centre for the Arab world,
1989 – Opéra de la Bastille, Paris, France
Architect: Carlos Ott
The result of a gigantic international competition,
1993 – Opéra Nouvel, Lyon, France
Architect: Jean Nouvel
In 1756, one of the first opera houses created inside an existing freestanding building was opened in Lyon.
