Normal Studio refurbish Appartement N°50 in Le Corbusier's iconic Cité Radieuse
French duo Normal Studio have become the latest designers to overhaul an apartment inside Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse building in Marseille. More
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Foster + Partners to add "missing piece" to Rogers' Marseille airport extension
Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to add a glazed terminal building to Marseille Provence Airport, which will link the 1990s extension designed by Richard Rogers with the original 1960s building. More
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Combas uses natural stone to build "warm and robust" juvenile detention facility in Marseille
This detention centre for minors in Marseille offers an alternative to oppressive prison architecture through its muted material palette of natural stone and board-marked concrete. More
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Cité Radieuse combines elements from many of Le Corbusier's previous designs
World Heritage Corb: Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation in Marseille is one of French-Swiss architect's most recognised buildings, and is the last in our series exploring the 17 of his projects added to UNESCO's World Heritage List (+ slideshow). More
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Bertrand Guillon fits petite delicatessen into 35-square-metre Provencal shopfront
French practice Bertrand Guillon Architecture has made the most of extra height at the front of this shop in Marseille when transforming the interior into an épicerie (+ slideshow). More
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Felice Varini creates optical illusion on roof of Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation
Swiss artist Felice Varini has used brightly coloured paintwork to transform the rooftop of Le Corbusier's iconic Unité d'Habitation in Marseille into a huge optical illusion (+ slideshow). More
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SCAU adds undulating ring-shaped roof to Marseille football stadium
French firm SCAU designed the undulating fibreglass roof of Marseille's football stadium, which is set to host the UEFA Euro 2016 semi-final between France and Germany this Thursday (+ slideshow). More
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Alessandro Mendini creates new interior for Appartement N°50 in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse
Alessandro Mendini has become the latest designer to restyle an apartment in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille, adding colourful totems and Postmodern furnishings (+ slideshow). More
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Marseille house by ACAU Architects features board-marked concrete and an angular window
A pair of terraces are hidden behind the board-marked concrete facade of this townhouse in Marseille, which was designed by ACAU Architects for a young family. More
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ÉCAL students take over Appartement N°50 at Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse
Students from Swiss university ÉCAL are the latest designers to refit an apartment in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille. More
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Brutalist buildings: Unité d'Habitation, Marseille by Le Corbusier
Brutalism: Le Corbusier's first Unité d'Habitation is arguably the most influential Brutalist building of all time. With its human proportions, chunky pilotis and interior "streets", it redefined high-density housing by reimagining a city inside an 18-storey slab block. More
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Daniel Buren installs mirrors and coloured glass on Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse rooftop
A year after opening as an art space, the rooftop of Modernist architect Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse building in Marseille is hosting an installation of mirrors and coloured glass by French artist Daniel Buren (+ slideshow). More
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Pierre Charpin refits Appartement N°50 in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse
An apartment at Modernist architect Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille has undergone a colourful refit by French designer Pierre Charpin (+ slideshow). More
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Garden room added to Marseille townhouse by Marion Bernard Agency
French architecture studio Marion Bernard Agency added a geometric concrete structure into the back yard of a Marseille townhouse to transform the neglected space into an outdoor living room (+ slideshow). More
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Special feature: Marseille Capital of Culture 2013
A series of new cultural venues has sprung up along the waterfront in Marseille, including the contemporary art centre by Kengo Kuma we featured yesterday and a mirrored pavilion by Foster + Partners (+ slideshow). More
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FRAC Marseille by Kengo Kuma and Associates
A contemporary art centre with a chequered glass facade by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma is the latest in a string of cultural buildings to complete this year in Marseille. More
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Les Cordes chandelier by Mathieu Lehanneur for Château Borély
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has created a chandelier for a château in Marseille, France, that looks like an illuminated rope suspended from the ceiling. More
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Konstantin Grcic at Appartement N°50
Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic has furnished an apartment in Le Corbusier's iconic Cité Radieuse housing block with his own products and blown-up pages from a punk fanzine (+ slideshow). More
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Villa Méditerranée by Boeri Studio
A cantilevered exhibition floor and an underwater conference suite feature at this archive and research centre, designed by Italian office Boeri Studio and one of several new buildings on Marseille's waterfront (photographs by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More
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MuCEM by Rudy Ricciotti photographed by Edmund Sumner
Photographer Edmund Sumner has revealed initial images of the filigree-clad Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM) by architect Rudy Ricciotti, which is set to open next month on Marseille's waterfront (+ slideshow). More