Sunk into the basin of a former sandstone quarry fifteen metres deep, Le Corbusier's stadium exploits the existing topography so that its concrete grandstands lean against the quarry slopes rather than rising above them. Designed in 1954 as …
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Open Hand Monument
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Chandigarh Capitol Complex
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Heidi Weber Museum/Centre Le Corbusier
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Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
1962
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Eglise Saint-Pierre
1960
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National Museum of Western Art
1959
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Maison du Brésil
1959
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Corbusierhaus
1958
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Tower of Shadows
1956
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Maison de la culture de Firminy-Vert
1956
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Maisons Jaoul
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