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Carrières Centrales

20th-century architecture in Morocco20th century in CasablancaBuildings and structures in CasablancaResidential buildings completed in 1952
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Carrières Centrales (Moroccan Arabic: كريان سنطرال) is a series of modernist housing developments in Casablanca, Morocco designed in the 1950s by architects Georges Candillis, Shadrach Woods, Alexis Josic. The development aimed to create utopian "habitats" that would provide alternatives to slum life for working class residents of the city. Carrières Centrales has been noted as a prominent example of modernism within the Maghreb.

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Carrières Centrales
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N 33.583 ° E -7.564 °
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20353 Casablanca, Hay Mohammadi
Morocco
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