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Here's your chance to own an apartment in Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse

2018-03-13T13:50:00-04:00

A duplex apartment in Le Corbusier’s Modernist icon La Cité Radieuse has hit the market for €598,000. [...] This 140 sq m apartment sits on a high floor of the colourful Modernist landmark, built from béton-brut concrete and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. The Marseille property is on the market via 20th and 21st century architecture specialists Architecture de Collection.

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Be it the béton brut appeal or the prospect of owning an appartement in the South of France, now's your moment to get both: a 1,500-square-foot unit on a higher floor in Le Corbusier's iconic Unité d’Habitation housing block in Marseille just hit the market, and it's pretty sweet. The asking price is €598,000 ($741,000).

Photo © Architecture de Collection

More interested in Corb's pre-Modernism oeuvre? Check out our From the Ground Up episode about his very first completed architectural design: Villa Fallet, completed in 1906-1907 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

The Bust of Le Corbusier at MAMO Marseille France

2013-08-09T13:34:00-04:00

A turn of events took place for Cité Radieuse in 2010, when the building’s rooftop gym and solarium went up for sale. Designer Ito Morabito, who goes by Ora-Ito, purchased it as a collector might. “Like you buy a piece of art, but architecture,” he noted. After the acquisition, it became Ora-Ito’s self-appointed mission to honor the iconic structure. Ora-Ito transformed the rooftop of Cité Radieuse into MAMO, a contemporary art center dedicated to exhibitions and creative ateliers.

Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse rooftop gym transformed into art space

2013-04-15T18:36:00-04:00

French designer Ora-Ïto is converting the famous Marseille roof terrace into a haven for contemporary art

Corbu's Marseille's Cité Radieuse damaged by fire

2012-02-10T11:22:00-05:00

One of France's most important landmarks of modernist architecture, La Cité Radieuse housing estate in Marseille, built by the architect Le Corbusier, has been damaged by fire. Fire services fought for over 12 hours to put out a blaze that began on Thursday afternoon in a first floor flat in the nine-storey concrete complex which is protected by special heritage status in France.