UNESCO Headquarters Entrance Canopy — Breuer, Nervi & Zehrfuss, Paris 1958 unesco-headquarters-entrance-canopy-nervi-paris-1958 The hyperbolic-paraboloid concrete entry canopy of the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, designed by Marcel Breuer, Pier Luigi Nervi, and Bernard Zehrfuss and completed in 1958. Nervi's structural engineering defines the sweeping saddle-shell canopy shown here against the Y-shaped Secretariat curtain wall.
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Saint-Joseph Church, Le Havre — Auguste Perret saint-joseph-church-le-havre-auguste-perret Interior of the Église Saint-Joseph, Le Havre, designed by Auguste Perret (1951–1957). The 107-metre concrete tower is filled with Marguerite Huré's abstract stained glass in fifty hues.
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Saint-Nazaire Submarine Base Interior saint-nazaire-submarine-base-interior Interior of the Base sous-marine de Saint-Nazaire — the massive German WWII U-boat pens built in 1941–1943 on the Loire estuary, now a cultural heritage site and arts venue featuring Alvéole 14.
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Interior of the Saint-Nazaire submarine base — Germany's largest Atlantic U-boat pens, 1941–1943.
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Starcow Paris — Store Interior, Les Halles starcow-paris-store-interior-les-halles Interior shot of Starcow Paris, the sneaker and streetwear boutique at 41 rue Berger in the Les Halles district. Photographed circa 2011, shortly after the store opened in 2010.
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