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    Gallery: 17 Le Corbusier projects named as UNESCO World Heritage Sites

    Nicholas Rider

    17 projects by architect Le Corbusier have been added to the UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) World Heritage list.

    UNESCO’s World Heritage list aims to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Places such as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America are included in this list.

    Le Corbusier’s 17 projects are spread over seven countries – France, Belgium, India, Japan, Germany, Argentina and Switzerland.

    “The inscription on the World Heritage List of 17 buildings of sites by Le Corbusier represents a strong encouragement to continue all along Le Corbusier's built work to maintain this living heritage and to hand it down to future generations,” said Fondation Le Corbusier President Antoine Picon in a statement. “It also contributes to the understanding of that complex and fragile legacy and helps its dissemination to the widest audience.”

    List of projects:

    Unité d’habitation, Marseille, France

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    Image: Benedicte Gandini

    Maison Guiette, Antwerp, Belgium

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    Image: VIOE

    Capitol Complex, Chandigarh, India

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    Image: De Zeen Magazine

    The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan

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    Image: Arch Daily 

    Weissenhof-Siedlung Estate, Stuttgart, Germany

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    Image: Arch Daily 

    Maison Curutchet, La Plata, Argentina

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    Photography by Oliver Martin-Gambier

    Dominican Monastery of La Tourette near Lyon, France

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    Image: Arch Daily 

    Villa Savoye near Paris, France

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    Image: De Zeen Magazine 

    Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France

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    Photography by Paul Kozlowski

    Maison La Roche, Paris, France

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    Photography by Oliver Martin-Gambier 

    Villa Le Lac, Corseaux, Switzerland

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    Image: Arch Daily 

    Cité Frugès, Pessac, France

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    Image: De Zeen Magazine

    Immeuble Clarté, Geneva, Switzerland

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    Photography by J J De Chambrier 

    Immeuble Molitor, Paris, France

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    Image: Arch Daily 

    Usine Claude et Duval Factory, Saint-Dié, France

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    Photography by Oliver Martin-Gambier 

    Cabanon de Le Corbusier, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France

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    Image: Zeen Magazine 

    Maison de la Culture, Firminy, France

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    Image: De Zeen Magazine 

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