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.
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,
Palais du Louvre, Paris
A castle was built here around 1190 as a stronghold on the river bank,
