Images of Briey: Cité Radieuse "Unité d'habitation" designed by Architect Le Corbusier (1960) (27 images)

Briey-en-Forêt, a 1960s development dominated by Le Corbusier's "Cité Radieuse", a substantial apartment block, which displays an architectural assertiveness characteristic of its time: the "Cité Radieuse" has frequently struggled to attract residents, triggering aesthetic and political controversy since first it emerged out of the surrounding woodland.