La Tourette (Marseille)

La Tourette and Vieux-Port developments are examples of modern massive-precut stone construction, one of the recent methods in stone construction.^[4][5]

La Tourette includes the first stone skyscraper, 2 Rue Saint-Laurent, a 16-storey tower made from load-bearing massive precut stone.

The architect Pouillon believed that "The more modest the housing, the more monumental the architecture should be.".^[6] The construction process at La Tourette was used by Pouillon to support his claim that he could "build 200 dwellings in 200 days within a budget of 200 million francs.".^[7]

43°17′50″N 5°21′53″E / 43.2973°N 5.3648°E / 43.2973; 5.3648

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