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Cité de Refuge

La Cité de Refuge is a building in Paris, France designed by the architect Le Corbusier. It was designed for the Salvation Army and opened in 1933. Since that time it has been occupied by the French Salvation Army. The building, one of Le Corbusier's first urban housing projects, was designated a National Historical Monument of France in 1975.

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1933

Quartier de la Gare, Quartier de la Gare, France

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Cité de Refuge in Quartier de la Gare, France

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Le Corbusier

1887-1965 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland to French-speaking Swiss parents and acquired French nationality in 1930. He designed bui…

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Atelier Le Corbusier

studio · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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