# Cité Radieuse, Duplex Type E

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2024-11-16

apartment, architecture, architecture-de-collection, duplex, for-sale, home-for-sale, housing, housing-model, le-corbusier, marseille, mediterranean, modern-architecture, real-estate

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Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse in Marseille is, as I have mentioned before, one of the most important and influential multi-family buildings of the 20th century. As an architecture student, this is one of those buildings that you get indoctrinated with, so I was excited to visit it for the first time with Neat B in 2022 on what was our second visit to Marseille. We're big fans of the city. [Here is the post](https://brandondonnelly.com/2022/09/30/3-things-about-le-corbusiers-cite-radieuse/) I wrote following that visit.

Today, let's look at one of the actual suites, which is currently listed for sale through Architecture de Collection. But first, a reminder: The complex was originally constructed between 1948-1952 and was meant to serve as a new housing model for post-war France. In 2016, the building was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and, today, you'll sometimes find things like a [Chanel fashion show](https://www.architecturedecollection.fr/en/a-chanel-fashion-show-in-the-heart-of-the-cite-radieuse/) taking place on its rooftop.

The suite that is for sale is Type E, which is about 100 m2. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. A balcony. And a view of the Mediterranean. It is listed for 650 000 €, which works out 6,500 € per square meter. For Toronto readers, this is right now the equivalent of C$965,485 or about C$897 per square foot. The monthly copropriété charge is about 300 € and the annual property taxes are about 2000 €.

Does this seem reasonable or expensive to you?

For more info, [click here](https://www.architecturedecollection.fr/produit/duplex-de-type-e-prolonge/).

_Photo by_ [_Louis Charron_](https://unsplash.com/@louischarron?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash) _on_ [_Unsplash_](https://unsplash.com/photos/a-multicolored-building-with-a-tree-in-front-of-it-0ULBr3g88S4?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash)

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/cite-radieuse,-duplex-type-e)*