1932 – Etam Department Store, Paris
Architect: Franz Jourdain & Henri Sauvage
A very interesting building on a narrow site,
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,
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
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
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Built as a cultural centre for the Arab world,
1989 – Opéra de la Bastille, Paris
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.
1993 – Vinci Centre, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Placed across the square from Laloux’s railway station,
2006 – Saint-Pierre, Firminy, France
Architect: José Oubrerie, Le Corbusier
The last major work of Le Corbusier,
Chateau de Blois, Loire, France
The Royal Château de Blois, residence of several French kings, is located in the center of the town of Blois.
