Fondation Biermans-Lapotre, Cite Internationale

Fondation Biermans-Lapotre, designed by Armand Gueritte, 1879-1940, and inaugurated 1927, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building houses students from Belgium and Luxembourg and is in the Flemish and Walloon styles, with corner turrets and the use of brick, stone and slate. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat, 1868-1950 and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe, 1847-1924, to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5, 800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12, 000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13435402

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45142122

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7087px x 5624px (11.9MB)

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen