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Alta Tower rises up over Le Havre’s postwar Modernism
Alta Tower rises up over Le Havre’s postwar Modernism
The 64-apartment building by Hamonic+Masson & Associés stands out against the horizon in Le Havre – a city that was rebuilt, postwar, to Auguste Perret’s Modernist vision, writes Fran Williams. Photography by Takuji Shimmura, Clément Bonnérat and Hamonic+Masson & Associés
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