PP/25/3/31 - Site for UNESCO Headquarters: Architects Appointed, [4/8/52]

Reference code

PP/25/3/31

Level of description

Item

Title

Site for UNESCO Headquarters: Architects Appointed, [4/8/52]

Date/s

[1952]

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Press cuttings

Personal name

Zehrfuss, Bernard Louis
Nervi, Pier Luigi, 1891-1979
Beaudouin, Eugene Ellie
Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961
Robertson, Howard
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

Subject

Unesco Headquarters Building (Paris)

Scope and content

Regarding the appointment of Marcel Breuer and Bernard H {sic} Zehrfuss [Bernard Louis Zehrfuss] as joint architects and Pier Luigi Nervi as engineer, to design the UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France. Refers to the dissatisfaction of the international jury with the original plans of Eugene Beaudouin, Howard Robertson and Eero Saarinen. Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier were among the panel of international judges

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/25 - Marcel Breuer
  - PP/25/3 - Section 3. 1949-1966
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