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Palace of Nations: Exterior · Ginebra (Suiza), 21 de Mayo 2012
1/8 · Exterior · Ginebra (Suiza), 21 de Mayo 2012Photo: Cancillería Ecuador · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Palace of Nations: Exterior · Gate @ United Nations @ Genève
2/8 · Exterior · Gate @ United Nations @ GenèvePhoto: Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0 · source
Palace of Nations: Exterior · United Nations Building, Geneva (Ank Kumar)
3/8 · Exterior · United Nations Building, Geneva (Ank Kumar)Photo: Ank gsx · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Palace of Nations: Exterior · United Nations Building, Geneva (Ank Kumar)
4/8 · Exterior · United Nations Building, Geneva (Ank Kumar)Photo: Ank gsx · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Palace of Nations: Interior · Corridor in the main building of the UN's Palace of Nations, Geneva (Switzerland)
5/8 · Interior · Corridor in the main building of the UN's Palace of Nations, Geneva (Switzerland)Photo: Ludovic Courtès · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Palace of Nations: Interior · Applique dans le couloir nord du bâtiment A du Palais des Nations
6/8 · Interior · Applique dans le couloir nord du bâtiment A du Palais des NationsPhoto: Credits to Mourad Ben Abdallah / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Palace of Nations: Plan
7/8 · PlanPhoto: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire) · Public domain · source
Palace of Nations: Sketch · Tony Garnier, projet pour la Société des Nations à Genève
8/8 · Sketch · Tony Garnier, projet pour la Société des Nations à GenèvePhoto: Tony Garnier · Public domain · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Ginebra (Suiza), 21 de Mayo 2012Photo 2: Exterior · Gate @ United Nations @ GenèvePhoto 3: Exterior · United Nations Building, Geneva (Ank Kumar)Photo 4: Exterior · United Nations Building, Geneva (Ank Kumar)Photo 5: Interior · Corridor in the main building of the UN's Palace of Nations, Geneva (Switzerland)Photo 6: Interior · Applique dans le couloir nord du bâtiment A du Palais des NationsPhoto 7: PlanPhoto 8: Sketch · Tony Garnier, projet pour la Société des Nations à Genève

Civic · Historic precedent

Palace of Nations

Henri-Paul Nénot, Julien Flegenheimer and others · Geneva, Switzerland · 1938

Key featuresLong stripped-classical wings stretched across a park above Lake Geneva; Le Corbusier's entry lost here.

Architect
Henri-Paul Nénot, Julien Flegenheimer and others
Place
Geneva, Switzerland
Year
1938
Typology
Civic
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Europe
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