La Grande Motte: A City of Modern Pyramids in the South of France

In the south of France, a 40-minute drive east of Montpellier, lies the otherworldly resort town of La Grande Motte. Named after a nearby sand dune, the city is characterized by futuristic, pyramid-shaped apartment blocks in various relief forms, adorned with diverse vegetation including pines, planes, olives, poplars, and cypresses. Artists Charly Broyez and Laurent Kronental describe this unique character as "a fairy-tale vision of a land emerging from the uncharted territories of our psyche, loaded with memories, images, sounds, colors, history." Through their meticulous images, they reveal the city's distinctive architecture.

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Cite: Paul Yakubu. "La Grande Motte: A City of Modern Pyramids in the South of France" 30 Oct 2024. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1022888/la-grande-motte-a-city-of-modern-pyramids-in-the-south-of-france> ISSN 0719-8884

The Temple du Soleil and Voiles Blanches residential buildings. Image © Charly Broyez & Laurent Kronental

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