Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette

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Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette is a modernist Dominican priory near Lyon, France, renowned as one of Le Corbusier’s most important late architectural works.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dominican priory
convent
cultural heritage site
modernist building
architect Iannis Xenakis
Le Corbusier
architecturalMovement Brutalism
constructionEnd 1960
constructionStart 1953
country France
dedicatedTo Saint Mary
designedFor Dominican friars
floorCount multiple levels around a central courtyard
hasFunction monastery
priory
retreat center
study center
hasPart cells
church
cloister
façade with brise-soleil
library
pilotis
refectory
roof terrace
hasViewOver rural landscape of Éveux
heritageDesignation Monument historique
heritageDesignationCountry France
inaugurationYear 1960
locatedIn Éveux
locatedInDepartment Rhône department
locatedInRegion Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
locatedNear Lyon
material reinforced concrete
namedAfter Sainte-Marie
notableFeature austere monastic cells
building raised on pilotis
colored window panels
strip windows
notableFor integration of architecture and landscape
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Dominican friars
surface form: Dominican Order
significance key work of 20th-century religious architecture
one of Le Corbusier’s major late works
style Modernist architecture
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2016
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus part of The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
usesSystem Le Modulor
surface form: Modulor

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Le Corbusier notableWork Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette