Guided tour of the Niffer-Le Corbusier lock

The secondary Le Corbusier lock, with its control tower and administrative building, is a remarkable example of modern French architecture.

It is one of the few French public commissions given to the architect Le Corbusier, and his only building in Alsace. Although the two buildings have gone unnoticed in the extensive work of a world-famous architect, they are nonetheless extremely rich. They are a synthesis of all Le Corbusier's construction principles: the choice of bare concrete, the...