Unité d'Habitation: vital statistics

1,600 The number of residents of Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation.

337

The number of units in the building comprising 23 different types. There is also a nursery school, hotel, shops, offices and gymnasium.

18

The number of floors. It also has a sun deck roof-terrace with an unobstructed view of the sea.

137m long

24m wide

56m high

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