The convent of Sainte Marie de La Tourette - SKETCHLINE

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1953 - 1960

The convent of Sainte Marie de La Tourette

author

Le Corbusier

description

This is a Dominican Order monastery on a hillside near Lyon, France, and one of the most important buildings of the late Modernist style. It contains a church, one hundred bedrooms for teachers and students, study halls, an office and hall for relaxation, a library and a refectory.