Le Corbusier’s Unite d'Habitation has been severely damaged by fire on last Thursday 09 Feb. The nine-story residential and part hotel building in Marseille, France became a historic monument in 1995 and serves as one of the most important postwar landmarks of modernist architecture.

The fire began Thursday afternoon in a first floor duplex. Firefighters fought over 12 hours to tame the blaze and were able to bring it under control earlier this morning. Many reports state at least eight to eleven homes were destroyed and twenty to thirty were damaged by smoke.

Something cool for Friday arvo, here's a film highlighting the work of iconic American architect Philip Johnson. The film boasts an impressive and concise oral history of Johnson’s extensive body of work throughout the years. One of the few whose legacy is as vast as it is impactful, Johnson is respected for his Glass House masterpiece and his wide range of work that drastically changed the architecture landscape indefinitely.

Source: ONEEIGHTNINE