Theorist

Charles Fourier

1772–1837 Utopian socialism
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Details

Nationality
French

Notes

Utopian socialist whose Phalanstère (communal palace for 1,620) and rue-galerie bequeathed to modernism the device of the heated interior street, inherited via Godin's Familistère and Le Corbusier's Unité.

Connections

Sources

  1. Robert Fishman. Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century. Basic Books, 1977.
  2. Charles Fourier. Le Nouveau Monde industriel et sociétaire. Bossange Père, 1829.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Charles Fourier." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/charles-fourier/. Accessed July 17, 2026.