UNESCO Headquarters
48°50′58″N 2°18′22″E / 48.84944°N 2.30611°E
UNESCO Headquarters (Maison de l'UNESCO) is a building in Paris, France, which houses the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It was inaugurated on 3 November 1958 at number 7 Place de Fontenoy, and is open to the public.[1]
Design
[edit]The design of the UNESCO Headquarters building was the combined work of three architects: Bernard Zehrfuss (France), Marcel Breuer (Hungary), and Pier Luigi Nervi (Italy). Plans were also validated by an international committee of five architects composed of Lúcio Costa (Brazil), Walter Gropius (Germany/United States), Le Corbusier (France), Sven Markelius (Sweden) and Ernesto Nathan Rogers (Italy), with the collaboration of Eero Saarinen (Finland).
The main building, which houses the secretariat, consists of seven floors forming a three-pointed star. To this is added a building called the "accordion" and a cubic building, which is intended for permanent delegations and non-governmental organisations. These buildings occupy a trapezoidal area of land measuring 30,350 square metres (326,700 ft2), cut in the northeast corner by the semi-circular shape of the Place de Fontenoy. It is bordered by avenues of Saxony, Segur de Suffren and Lowendal.
Relations with France
[edit]The land on which the building is built is the property of the French State. By a decree of 22 December 1952, it was assigned to the Foreign Ministry to put at the disposal of UNESCO.[2] This was done by a lease for a term of 99 years, renewable at a nominal rent (1000 francs per year), near the end of the lease. In addition, the residence of this intergovernmental organization on the French territory is governed by a headquarters agreement that defines its privileges and immunities. Both agreements were signed in Paris in 1954, respectively on 25 June and 25 July.[3][4]
The French Parliament approved the lease by a law enacted on 6 August 1955,[5] authorized the President of the Republic to ratify the Headquarters Agreement. The Headquarters Agreement entered into force on 23 November 1955. It was published by a decree of 11 January 1956.[6]
See also
[edit]- World Heritage Site
- Westgate Las Vegas (the structure was inspired by the design of the UNESCO headquarters)
- List of Brutalist structures
References
[edit]- ↑ Charlotte L Joy (15 January 2012). The Politics of Heritage Management in Mali: From UNESCO to Djenné. Left Coast Press. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-1-61132-094-7. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ↑ Decree of 22 December 1952 on the allocation to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of building lands located at the Place de Fontenoy, Paris, Official Journal of the French Republic (JORF), No. 306, p. 11, 24 December 1952, p. 11, 894 Archived 7 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine on Légifrance.
- ↑ Salmon, Jean (1958). "Quelques remarques sur l'installation du siège de l'U.N.E.S.C.O. à Paris" [Some remarks on the installation of the UNESCO headquarters in Paris]. Annuaire Français de Droit International. 4 (1): 453–465. doi:10.3406/afdi.1958.1392. hdl:2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/206269.
- ↑ Fischer, Georges (1955). "Accord relatif au siège" [Headquarters agreement]. Annuaire Français de Droit International. 1 (1): 393–406. doi:10.3406/afdi.1955.1194.
- ↑ "Loi n°55-1071 du 6 août 1955 AUTORISATION DE RATIFICATION DE L'ACCORD DU 02-07-1954 RELATIF AU SIEGE, AUX PRIVILEGES ET AUX IMMUNITES DE L'ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR L'EDUCATION, LA SCIENCE ET LA CULTURE" [Law No. 55-1071 of 6 August 1955 authorizing ratification of the Agreement of 2 July 1954 regarding the headquarters, privileges, and immunities of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.]. Legifrance. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ↑ "Décret n°56-42 du 11 janvier 1956 PUBLICATION DE L'ACCORD DU 02-07-1954 ENTRE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE ET L'ONU POUR L'EDUCATION, LA SCIENCE ET LA CULTURE RELATIF AU SIEGE ET AUX IMMUNITES DE L'ONU" [Decree No. 56-42 of 11 January 1956: Publication of the Agreement of 2 July 1954 between the French Republic and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) regarding the headquarters and immunities of the Organization]. Legifrance. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
Bibliography
[edit]- Le Siège de l'Unesco à Paris, preface by Luther Evans, introduction by Françoise Choay, photographs by Lucien Hervé, Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, 1958.
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