The last major work of Le Corbusier, the building was completed posthumously in 2006 - 41 years after his death - by his student José Oubrerie. The great cone rises from the land like the surrounding mountains, and while the exterior is plain concrete, unanticipated beauty awaits inside. Le Corbusier’s innovative use of windows is epitomized in Saint-Pierre, with strips of windows in primary colors and a projection of circles akin to constellations in the night sky. The space is a cave that embraces the visitor like a womb - a sanctuary in the turbulent world.
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