Le Corbusier's projects become UNESCO World Heritage Sites

During the annual session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, held in Istanbul on 17 July 2016, it was announced that 17 buildings and urban planning projects by the renowned architect Le Corbusier had been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This is the result of a laborious, collective effort that involved the Fondation Le Corbusier, the seven partner countries where its work can be found (Argentina, Belgium, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland, France), the local authorities, the professionals involved in the project, and the buildings' users and residents - in fact, the 17 buildings also include private households. UNESCO's acknowledgement, attesting to the outstanding contribution by this master of architecture to the Modern Movement, represented an incentive to promote, share and protect a complex and fragile heritage of worldwide architecture.
List of the 17 sites:

Argentina
- Maison du docteur Curutchet, La Plata

Belgium
- Maison Guiette, Anvers

France
- Cabanon de Roquebrune
- Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp
- Cité Frugès, Pessac
- Cité radieuse (o Unité d'Habitation), Marseille
- Couvent Sainte Marie de la Tourette, Evreux
- Maison de la culture, Firminy
- Immeuble locatif Molitor, Boulogne-Billancourt
- Maisons La Roche et Jeanneret, Paris
- Villa Savoye et loge du jardinier, Poissy
- Manufacture, Saint-Dié des-Vosges

Germany
- Maison de la Weissenhof-Seidlung, Stuttgart

Japan
- Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l’Occident, Taito-Ku

India
- Complexe du Capitole, Chandigarh

Switzerland
- Immeuble Clarté Ginevra
- Petite villa au bord du Lac Léman, Corseaux

(Agnese Bifulco)

Images courtesy of Fondation Le Corbusier

http://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/
http://whc.unesco.org/

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