St. Joseph's Church
Paths outward
- Location
- Le Havre, France
- Year
- 1956
- Typology
- Religious
- Materials
- Bamboo & Paper, Concrete, Glass, Marble, Timber
- Context
- Modernism
- Map
- Open location
St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre is a Roman Catholic church in Le Havre, France. From 1945 to 1964, the City of Le Havre commissioned Auguste Perret and his studio to head the rebuilding of the entire city after it had been completely destroyed by the British during World War II. St. Joseph's was built between 1951 and 1957/58 as part of this reconstruction. It acts as a memorial to the five thousand civilians fallen and the usual sanctuary dedicated to a patron saint; in this case Saint Joseph, fittingly the patron saint of a happy death, fathers, workers, travelers, and immigrants.
