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Appartement N°50, Unité d’Habitation by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have fitted out an apartment inside the iconic Unité d’Habitation project in Marseille by Le Corbusier. Called Appartement N°50, the project is a lived-in...
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Cité Radieuse by Le Corbusier damaged by fire
Dezeen Wire: the Cité Radieuse housing estate in Marseille, one of the most famous works by Swiss architect Le Corbusier and the first building in his influential Unité d'Habitation project, has been...
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Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse rooftop to open as art space
News: the rooftop of Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille is to open to the public this summer as a contemporary art space masterminded by French designer Ora-Ïto. Originally...
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Konstantin Grcic at Appartement N°50
Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic has furnished an apartment in Le Corbusier's iconic Cité Radieuse housing block with his own products and blown-up pages from a punk fanzine (+ slideshow). Products...
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Pierre Charpin refits Appartement N°50 in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse
An apartment at Modernist architect Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille has undergone a colourful refit by French designer Pierre Charpin (+ slideshow). Pierre Charpin installed...
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Daniel Buren installs mirrors and coloured glass on Le Corbusier's Cité...
A year after opening as an art space, the rooftop of Modernist architect Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse building in Marseille is hosting an installation of mirrors and coloured glass by French artist...
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Brutalist buildings: Unité d'Habitation, Marseille by Le Corbusier
Brutalism: Le Corbusier's first Unité d'Habitation is arguably the most influential Brutalist building of all time. With its human proportions, chunky pilotis and interior "streets", it redefined...
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ÉCAL students take over Appartement N°50 at Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse
Students from Swiss university ÉCAL are the latest designers to refit an apartment in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille. Appartement N°50 is located in the building designed by...
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Felice Varini creates optical illusion on roof of Le Corbusier's Unité...
Swiss artist Felice Varini has used brightly coloured paintwork to transform the rooftop of Le Corbusier's iconic Unité d'Habitation in Marseille into a huge optical illusion (+ slideshow). Varini...
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Normal Studio refurbish Appartement N°50 in Le Corbusier's iconic Cité Radieuse
French duo Normal Studio have become the latest designers to overhaul an apartment inside Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse building in Marseille. Jean-Marc Drut is the owner of Appartement N°5, one of 337...
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Alex Israel projects Bat Signal from roof of Le Corbusier's Cite Radieuse
Multimedia artist Alex Israel has installed a Bat Signal at the MAMO Arts Centre on the roof of Le Corbusier's brutalist Cité Radieuse apartment block in Marseille, France. Israel installed the...
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