Cité de refuge
Quartier de la Gare, France
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
- Phone
- +33 1 53 61 82 00
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Built in 1933 in the Quartier de la Gare district of Paris, the Cité de Refuge is a modernist administrative building and lodging facility designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret for the Salvation Army. As one of Le Corbusier's earliest urban housing projects, it exemplifies the architect's commitment to functional, modern design. The building has remained continuously occupied by the French Salvation Army since its opening and was designated a monument historique inscrit in 1975, recognizing its architectural and historical significance.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- administrative building, lodging
- Heritage
- monument historique inscrit
- Place
- Quartier de la Gare, France
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