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Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
These muscular concrete towers are textbook French brutalism: the Atelier de Montrouge housing complex for EDF workers, designed by Paul Chemetov in 1967 and sensitively renovated in 2016. The geometric balconies and raw materiality make it a pilgrimage site for architecture nerds.
Brutalist architecture
1960s modernist design
Architectural heritage site
Concrete tower complex
Tips
🚌take bus 185 or 197 from Porte d'Orléans
📸best angles from the central courtyard
Edf Gdf Services
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Themed TourThemed TourThese muscular concrete towers are textbook French brutalism: the Atelier de Montrouge housing complex for EDF workers, designed by Paul Chemetov in 1967 and sensitively renovated in 2016. The geometric balconies and raw materiality make it a pilgrimage site for architecture nerds.
Brutalist architecture
1960s modernist design
Architectural heritage site
Concrete tower complex
Tips
🚌take bus 185 or 197 from Porte d'Orléans
📸best angles from the central courtyard