Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: UNESCO Headquarters
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Preferred Title:
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UNESCO Headquarters
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Alternate Title:
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Maison de l'Unesco
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Image View:
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Frontal view, upper south corner, east façade
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Creator:
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Bernard Louis Zehrfuss (French architect, 1911-1996); Marcel Breuer (American architect, 1902-1981); Pier Luigi Nervi (Italian architect, 1891-1979)
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Location:
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Location Note:
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7, Place de Fontenoy
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Date:
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1953-1958 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Modernist, Modern
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Work Type 1:
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office building
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Work Type 2:
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mixed-use development
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Work Type 3:
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auditorium
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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concrete; steel; glass
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; brise-soleil
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Description:
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The 1953 commission for UNESCO headquarters in Paris was a turning point for Breuer: a return to Europe, a return to larger projects after years of only residential commissions, and the beginning of Breuer's adoption of concrete as his primary medium. Plans for the three buildings of the headquarters were prepared jointly by Marcel Breuer of the United States, Pier Luigi Nervi of Italy and Bernard Zehrfuss of France; they were approved by an international panel of five architects: Lucio Costa (Brazil), Walter Gropius (United States), Charles Le Corbusier (France), Sven Markelius (Sweden) and Ernesto Rogers (Italy). American architect Eero Saarinen was also consulted. (Source: UNESCO [United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]; http://portal.unesco.org/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-BM-U-C1
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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