Immeuble Clarté
Geneva, Switzerland
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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- Heritage registerUNESCO World Heritage↗
- ReferenceKulturenvanteri↗
- OperatorOperator’s website↗
- Further readingAtlas Obscura↗
Immeuble Clarté is an eight-story apartment building in Geneva designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret and completed in 1931–32. Comprising 45 units of flexible floor plans in varying configurations and sizes, the building exemplifies modernist principles that the architects would develop further in later residential projects. It represents a key early exploration of Le Corbusier's approach to apartment design, prefiguring concepts that culminated in the Unité d'Habitation. The building survived threats of demolition in both the 1960s and 1980s, receiving its first renovation in the 1970s and formal designation as a historic monument in 1986. In 2016, Immeuble Clarté was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site alongside other Le Corbusier works.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- revenue house
- Heritage
- part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, class A Swiss cultural property of national significance
- Place
- Geneva, Switzerland
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