Tag: UNESCO
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Modernism and a 500 Year Anniversary in Le Havre, France
Mixed-use buildings with residential towers overlooking Place Auguste Perret A modernist city designed by Le Corbusier’s mentor, Auguste Perret, sits on the coast of Normandy. Le Havre’s concrete origins date to September 1944, when the British bombed the German-occupied city’s coastal plain. The assault almost completely destroyed the district and killed more than 5,000 people.…