Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Maison de la Culture de Firminy-Vert

Accession Number: 
182788
Order Title: 
Archivision Addition Module SIX--6,074 images
Type of View: 
generalView
View Title: 
East facade showing glazing of "ondulatoires" windows
Date of View: 
04/20/2009
Image description: 
There is a subtle play of intervals in the concrete slat ondulatoires, the so-called "musical" windows where the divisions in the glazing create undulating rhythms.
Image Rights: 
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution: 
Archivision, Inc.
Collection: 
Addition Module SIX
Culture: 
French
Work Types: 
Geography; settlements; cities; ideal cities
Work Types: 
Architecture; cultural / educational buildings; community centers
Preferred Title: 
Maison de la Culture de Firminy-Vert
Agent Display: 
Le Corbusier (Swiss architect, 1887-1965)
Date: 
1956-1965 (creation)
Materials: 
concrete; steel; glass
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Measurement: 
14 m (width) x 110 m (length)
Alternate Title: 
Firminy-Vert Cultural Center
Locations: 
Firminy, Rh¿ne-Alpes, France
Location Type: 
(site)
Style/Period: 
Modernist
Style/Period: 
Twentieth century
Classification: 
Architecture