Le Corbusier buildings in France
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Le Corbusier buildings in France are a collection of modernist architectural works across the country that exemplify the influential Swiss-French architect’s radical ideas on form, function, and urban living.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Le Corbusier buildings in France canonical | 2 |
| Le Corbusier buildings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Corbusier buildings in France Context triple: [Maison de la Culture de Firminy, category, Le Corbusier buildings in France]
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Unité d’Habitation, Marseille
Unité d’Habitation, Marseille is a pioneering mid-20th-century modernist residential housing block by Le Corbusier that exemplifies his vision of high-density, communal urban living.
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B.
Fondation Le Corbusier
Fondation Le Corbusier is a Paris-based organization dedicated to preserving, studying, and promoting the architectural and artistic legacy of the modernist architect Le Corbusier.
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C.
Villa Savoye
Villa Savoye is a seminal modernist house in Poissy, France, celebrated as one of Le Corbusier’s most influential architectural masterpieces and a key icon of the International Style.
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Atelier Le Corbusier-Pierre Jeanneret
Atelier Le Corbusier-Pierre Jeanneret was the influential modernist architectural studio led by Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, known for pioneering avant-garde architecture and design in the early 20th century.
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Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine
Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine is a major Parisian museum and cultural center dedicated to architecture and France’s architectural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Corbusier buildings in France Target entity description: Le Corbusier buildings in France are a collection of modernist architectural works across the country that exemplify the influential Swiss-French architect’s radical ideas on form, function, and urban living.
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A.
Unité d’Habitation, Marseille
Unité d’Habitation, Marseille is a pioneering mid-20th-century modernist residential housing block by Le Corbusier that exemplifies his vision of high-density, communal urban living.
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B.
Fondation Le Corbusier
Fondation Le Corbusier is a Paris-based organization dedicated to preserving, studying, and promoting the architectural and artistic legacy of the modernist architect Le Corbusier.
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C.
Villa Savoye
Villa Savoye is a seminal modernist house in Poissy, France, celebrated as one of Le Corbusier’s most influential architectural masterpieces and a key icon of the International Style.
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D.
Atelier Le Corbusier-Pierre Jeanneret
Atelier Le Corbusier-Pierre Jeanneret was the influential modernist architectural studio led by Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, known for pioneering avant-garde architecture and design in the early 20th century.
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E.
Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine
Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine is a major Parisian museum and cultural center dedicated to architecture and France’s architectural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural ensemble
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cultural heritage ⓘ |
| architect | Le Corbusier ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
International Style
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Modernism ⓘ |
| contains |
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut
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surface form:
Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut
Cité Frugès de Pessac ⓘ Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette ⓘ Maison Jeanneret ⓘ Villa La Roche ⓘ
surface form:
Maison La Roche
Maison Curutchet ⓘ
surface form:
Maison du Docteur Curutchet (context of wider oeuvre, actually in Argentina)
Unité d’Habitation, Marseille ⓘ
surface form:
Unité d’Habitation de Marseille
Villa Savoye ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| demonstrates |
free façade
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open plan ⓘ ribbon windows ⓘ roof garden ⓘ use of pilotis ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century French architecture
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post-war housing design in France ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Le Corbusier’s Five Points of Architecture ⓘ |
| locationOf |
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut
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surface form:
Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp
Cité Frugès de Pessac ⓘ
surface form:
Cité Frugès, Pessac
Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette ⓘ
surface form:
Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette, Éveux
Maison Jeanneret ⓘ
surface form:
Maison Jeanneret, Paris
Maison La Roche, Paris ⓘ Unité d’Habitation, Marseille ⓘ Villa Savoye ⓘ
surface form:
Villa Savoye, Poissy
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| materialUsed |
glass
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reinforced concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut
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surface form:
Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut
Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette ⓘ Immeuble Clarté (French projects associated though located in Switzerland) ⓘ Maison Guiette ⓘ
surface form:
Maison Guiette (ensemble context though in Belgium)
Maison Jeanneret ⓘ Villa La Roche ⓘ
surface form:
Maison La Roche
Unité d’Habitation, Marseille ⓘ
surface form:
Unité d’Habitation de Marseille
Villa Savoye ⓘ |
| period | 20th century ⓘ |
| represents |
radical ideas on form
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radical ideas on function ⓘ radical ideas on urban living ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| UNESCOListingName | The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement ⓘ |
| UNESCOScope | transnational serial property ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l’Occident (National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo)
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category
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Le Corbusier buildings in France
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subject surface form:
Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l’Occident
this entity surface form:
Le Corbusier buildings