LE CORBUSIER. LA CAPPELLA DI RONCHAMP

The pilgrimage church Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp (195054), an icon of modern architecture, represents one of the central buildings of Le Corbusiers late period. Located on a high plateau in the Vosges above Belfort, this building is an unsurpassed work of art which also fits uniquely into its physical surroundings. The shell-shaped roof, the rounded walls, the towers of stone masonry, and the facade with its rhythmic openings of colored glass are the essential elements of this sculptural construction. The scale and proportions of ...[Read more]