Sainte Marie de La Tourette is a Dominican monastery in a valley near Lyon, France designed by the architect Le Corbusier and constructed between 1956 and 1960. The Order of Preachers (Ordo Praedicatorum), more commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic religious order. ... This article is about the French city. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... The Villa Savoye near Paris Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965) was a Swiss architect famous for what is now called the International style, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Theo van Doesburg. ... 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
La Tourette is considered one of the more important buildings of the late modernist style.
Though still functioning for a greatly-reduced population of monks, La Tourette has become something of a pilgrimage site for students of architecture. Overnight stays can be arranged in the unused cells.
References
Boesiger, Willy (editor) (1996). Le Corbusier: Complete Works (8 volumes). Cambridge, Mass.:Birkhauser. ISBN 3764355158.
Baker, Geoffrey H. (1984). Le Corbusier: An Analysis of Form. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 0442305575.
External links
Couvent de la Tourette website (http://www.couventlatourette.com/)
la hiérarchie des espaces est respectée le programme que lui soumet pierre couturier tient en quelques lignes : un cloître, les grands volumes de l'église, le réfectoire, le chapitre et, dans les étages, une centaine de cellules, des bibliothèques et quelques salles communes.
de même, l'insonorisation des cellules et des salles d'études dessinées pour le silence fut jugée trop coûteuse, comme les ascenseurs et le double vitrage.
entre la date de sa commande et son achèvement, un événement avait ébranlé le monde religieux, et le monde civil allait connaître quelques changements : le concile de vatican ii en 1959 allégea la liturgie et adoucit la vie des moines.
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