The Church of Notre-Dame du Raincy

Architectures

S01E49
November 13, 2011 26 min

Overview

In a country ruined by World War I, Auguste Perret took up the challenge of building a church. In concrete. It was a shunned material, used hitherto exclusively in industrial construction. This "Holy Chapel of Concrete" revolutionized architectural vocabulary.

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