Architectures
Season 1 • Episode 21: The Convent of La Tourette • Watch with subtitles
Episode 21: The Convent of La Tourette
July 26, 2003 • 26 min
With the Convent of La Tourette, commissioned by the Dominicans of Lyons, Le Courbusier was charged with the task of creating this rural convent retreat. A reinvention of religious architecture, its rough concrete form houses one hundred sleeping rooms plus recreational spaces.
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