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Saint-Pierre, Firminy: Exterior · The unsightly torso of the unfinished church looked more like a bunker in 1997
1/4 · Exterior · The unsightly torso of the unfinished church looked more like a bunker in 1997Photo: Peter Christian Riemann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Saint-Pierre, Firminy: Exterior · Stade de Firminy-Vert (architecte : Le Corbusier)
2/4 · Exterior · Stade de Firminy-Vert (architecte : Le Corbusier)Photo: La Source Numérique · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Saint-Pierre, Firminy: Interior · Innenraum der unfertigen Kirche von Le Corbusier, Exkursion der FH Köln
3/4 · Interior · Innenraum der unfertigen Kirche von Le Corbusier, Exkursion der FH KölnPhoto: Peter Christian Riemann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Saint-Pierre, Firminy: Model
4/4 · ModelPhoto: 丘崈 · CC0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · The unsightly torso of the unfinished church looked more like a bunker in 1997Photo 2: Exterior · Stade de Firminy-Vert (architecte : Le Corbusier)Photo 3: Interior · Innenraum der unfertigen Kirche von Le Corbusier, Exkursion der FH KölnPhoto 4: Model

Religious · Modernism

Saint-Pierre, Firminy

Le Corbusier, José Oubrerie · Firminy, France · 2006

Key featuresTruncated concrete cone, square below and round above, with points of light like stars.

Architect
Le Corbusier, José Oubrerie
Place
Firminy, France
Year
2006
Typology
Religious
Movement
Modernism
Region
Europe
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