La Tourette (Marseille)

Marseille's Vieux Port and buildings by Pouillon
The first modern load-bearing stone skyscraper, 2 Rue Saint-Laurent, a 16-storey apartment building in La Tourette (Marseille), designed by Fernand Pouillon

La Tourette is a housing complex in Marseille, France.[1] It is located at the Old Port of Marseille and was constructed in 1946–1953 [2] following designs by the French architect and urban planner Fernand Pouillon.[3]

  1. ^ https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Regions/Drac-Provence-Alpes-Cote-d-Azur/Politique-et-actions-culturelles/Architecture-contemporaine-remarquable-en-Paca/Le-label-Architecture-contemporaine-remarquable/Les-edifices-labellises-Architecture-contemporaine-remarquable/Label-ACR-Bouches-du-Rhone/Marseille/Marseille-2e-La-Tourette-groupe-VIII
  2. ^ https://research.tudelft.nl/en/publications/reconstructing-convention-fernand-pouillons-la-tourette-housing-p
  3. ^ "La Tourette Marseille + Fernand Pouillon". 16 March 2019.