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Building: Notre Dame du Haut
Location: Ronchamp, Haute-Saône, France
Completion: 1954
Architect: Le Corbusier

AE Interests: Primarily comprised of concrete and stone, this pilgrimage chapel is illuminated by soft, indirect light from deep inset stained-glass windows, some as thick as 7 feet. The most striking feature, the billowing roof, slopes toward the rear where rain run-ff pours into an abstract fountain.