Gratte-Ciel Complex
Villeurbanne, France - Franny Wentzel - Monday, February 20th, 2012 : goo Browsing articles by Franny Wentzel - [previous] :: [next]Built in the 1930s to provide a town center for the Villeurbanne community which had grown into a city of over 85000 was this Art-Deco masterpiece.

Eleven storey flatblocks along a boulevard flanked by a pair of eighteen storey towers...

Quite a contrast to the Ville Radieuse ideas of Le Corbusier ! This article has been viewed 3183 times in the last 38 months
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