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BUILDING
 
 
Palais des Nations [Société des Nations]
League of Nations
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DESIGNER
 
 
Henri-Paul Nénot

József Vágó

Camille Lefèvre

Julien Flegenheimer

Carlo Broggi

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DESCRIPTION
 
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European headquarters of the United Nations
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LOCATION
 
Continent
Europe
Nation
Switzerland [Schweiz/Suisse]
Canton
Geneva [Genève]
Town
Geneva [Genève]
Address
Avenue de la Paix, 8 / Place des Nations
 
 
Telephone
+41.(0)22.917.48.96
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TYPOLOGY
 
ARCHITECTURE
Public buildings
Diplomatic buildings
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CHRONOLOGY
 
Project
1929     project winner of competition
Realisation
1929 - 1938
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AWARDS
 
2019
Bien culturel suisse d'importance nationale
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES
 
 
Bruno Zevi, Spazî dell'architettura moderna, Einaudi, Torino 1973, tav. 302-304 [IV. La crisi del razionalismo architettonico in Europa]
P. Filippi, "Le palais des Nations, à Geneves", La Technique des Travaux 2, février 1936, pp. 65-74
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CLIENT
 
 
United Nations
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DIMENSIONAL
DATA
 
Number
2,800 offices
34 conference rooms
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STAFF
 
Project
Henri-Paul Nénot, József Vágó, Camille Lefèvre, Julien Flegenheimer, Carlo Broggi
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ANNOTATIONS
 
 
The jury was unable to decide on a winner; five architects were chosen to collaborate on a final design.

The jury was composed of:
  • Hendrik Petrus Berlage
  • Victor Horta
  • Josef Hoffman
  • Charles Lemaresquier
  • John James Burnet
  • Attilio Muggia
  • Ivar Tengbom
  • Carlos Gato Soldevilla
  • Karl Moser
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United Nations, New York, Geneva, Vienna, Wallace K. Harrison
 
 
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