Firminy Vert

Firminy Vert (lit. "Green Firminy") is group of modern buildings designed by architect Le Corbusier located in Firminy, France in 1964–1969.^[1] It includes the Saint-Pierre Church, a stadium, a cultural center, and an Unité d'Habitation. It was designed based on Modernism principles of architecture.^[2] It is praised as one of Europe's most accomplished postwar planning exercises.

Buildings

• 1965: Unité d'Habitation of Firminy-Vert, France^[3]
• 1965: Maison de la culture de Firminy-Vert
• 1966: Stadium Firminy-Vert
• 1969: Church of Saint-Pierre, Firminy (built posthumously and completed under José Oubrerie's guidance in 2006)

References

1. Fischer, Jan Otakar. "Le Corbusier, by design".
2. "Le Corbusier's utopian vision lives on in model modernist town".
3. "HOUSING UNIT - Le corbusier".

Luca Sampò, « l’église Saint-Pierre de Firminy, de Le Corbusier : quarante ans d’histoire entre idée et réalisation », Livraisons de l'histoire de l'architecture [Online], 16 | 2008, Online since 10 December 2010, connection on 10 May 2016. URL : http://lha.revues.org/194 ; DOI : 10.4000/lha.194

External links

• Official website

45.383°N 4.287°E / 45.383; 4.287