1924 – Basilique St Martin, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Architect: Victor Laloux
Built over the tomb of St Martin,
Built over the tomb of St Martin,
An unusual looking department store in the main shopping district of Tours.
Situated at Poissy, outside of Paris,
A very interesting building on a narrow site,
The third railway station in Le Havre,
Designed as a station and port facility,
This is a singular work in Le Corbusier’s oeuvre in that it departs from his principles of standardisation and the machine aesthetic,
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 .
The new town hall was built on the site of the old which was destroyed in 1944.
Based on the modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier,