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French Creole architecture is an American Colonial style that developed in the early 18th century in the Mississippi Valley, especially in Louisiana. French Creole buildings borrow traditions from France, the Caribbean, and many other parts of the world such as Spanish, African, Native American, and other heritages. French Creole homes from the ...
Brutalist architecture in France (4 P) L. Le Corbusier buildings (2 C, 23 P, 1 F) Le Corbusier buildings in France (1 C, 26 P, 7 F) N. Jean Nouvel buildings (27 P)
The following is a chronological list of French architects. Some of their major architectural works are listed after each name. ... Boulogne Billancourt, France by ...
Tropical Modernism, or Tropical Modern is a style of architecture that merges modernist architecture principles with tropical vernacular traditions, emerging in the mid-20th century. The term is used to describe modernist architecture in various regions of the world, including Latin America, Asia and Africa, as detailed below.
Haussmann: His Life and Times and the Making of Modern Paris (2002) Centre des monuments nationaux. Le guide du patrimoine en France (Éditions du patrimoine, 2002), ISBN 978-2-85822-760-0; de Moncan, Patrice. Le Paris d'Haussmann (Les Éditions du Mécène, 2012), ISBN 978-2-907970-983; de Moncan, Patrice.
The Grands Projets of François Mitterrand (variants: Grands Travaux [ɡʁɑ̃ tʁavo] or Grands Projets Culturels [ɡʁɑ̃ pʁɔʒɛ kyltyʁɛl]; officially: Grandes Opérations d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme [ɡʁɑ̃dz‿ɔpeʁasjɔ̃ daʁʃitɛktyʁ e dyʁbanism]) was an architectural programme to provide modern monuments in Paris, the city of monuments, symbolising France's role in art ...
Unlike the Southern France, Paris has very few examples of Romanesque architecture; most churches and other buildings in that style were rebuilt in the Gothic style.The most remarkable example of Romanesque architecture in Paris is the church of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, built between 990 and 1160 during the reign of Robert the Pious.
Villa Savoye (French pronunciation:) is a modernist villa and gatelodge in Poissy, on the outskirts of Paris, France.It was designed by the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, and built between 1928 and 1931 using reinforced concrete.