Halle Tony Garnier

This hall was built between 1909 and 1914 as an outline for the larger city built by the architect (see Quartier des Etats Unis). It was inaugurated for the 1914 Universal Exhibition as a project for an "industrial city". Nowadays, this hall is used for concerts and exhibitions but not so long ago it was still Lyon's meat market. Up till 1974 it belonged to a slaughterhouse and in 1975 was classified as a historical monument. It was also used temporarily as an arsenal during the 1st World War. Tony Garnier was inspired by 19th century glass and steel architecture, and imagined a pure concrete structure covered by a huge steel frame and a glass roof to let in the light. Garnier was more of a theorist than an architect as his buildings included all the functions of a slaughterhouse.

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