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Gérard Grandval: Les Choux de Créteil, 1966D–1974

  • Paris, France, Show on map
  • #RES #Western Europe
  • Les Choux de Créteil are a group of cylindrical residential towers designed by architect Gérard Grandval in the Parisian suburb of Créteil. The project owes its name "Choux" (translated "cabbages") to its special balcony shapes. Vegetables for Parisian households were grown in this quarter for over a century, which may have inspired the architect to create the expressively shaped balconies.

  • In 2008, the French Ministry of Culture declared the project a "Heritage of the 20th Century". The residential towers are in use and in good condition.