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The Church of Notre-Dame du Raincy

Architectures

Season 1Episode 49Aired 2011-11-13
The Church of Notre-Dame du Raincy

The Church of Notre-Dame du Raincy

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.