Detail View: SHIMMER: Unité d'habitation
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Title:
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Unité d'habitation
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Caption:
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(Housing Unit / Housing Unity)
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Creation Date:
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1952
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Image Date:
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1992
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Period:
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20th century
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Start Date:
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1946
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End Date:
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1952
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Location:
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Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône
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Country:
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FRANCE
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Material:
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concrete
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Display Creator:
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LE CORBUSIER
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Image ID:
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92-3532
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Description:
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Exterior detail: view of sculpted legs supporting the raised structure. 12-story apartment block to house 1.600 people. Contains 23 different apartment configurations constructed as individual precast units. Accommodation provided for a range of requirements, from single people to families of up to ten in size. Location: Boulevard Michelet, Marseille. Google maps < https://goo.gl/maps/K8HMm > . [Image copied from a photographic print taken by a HADAF student]
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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HADAF student
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Creator:
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LE CORBUSIER
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1887
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1965
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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Swiss. Active in France.
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Subject Heading:
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Housing -- France
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- France
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 1900-2000
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Subject Heading:
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Modernism (Architecture)
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Subject Heading:
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Apartments -- France
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