Inside La Tourette, Le Corbusier's Enchanted French Monastery

Inside La Tourette, Le Corbusier's Enchanted French Monastery

The Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette, in Éveux, France. What the Le Corbusier–designed French monastery, La Tourette, lacks in amenities it makes up for in enchantment By Vishaan Chakrabarti “Of course La Tourette is your favorite ‘Corb’ building,” a friend observed. “It is a city.” I had just returned from France, where I visited a chapel and a convent designed by 20th-century architect Le Corbusier: Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut, complet…