Designed by Artist Michael Hepp for Lego Architecture® The first and most famous of these buildings, also known as Cité radieuse (radiant city) and, informally, as La Maison du Fada (French - Provençal, "The Nutter's House"), is located in Marseille, France, and was built between 1947 and 1952. One of Le Corbusiers's most famous works, it proved enormously influential and is often cited as the initial inspiration of the Brutalist architectural style and philosophy.