Cité Maurice-Thorez, Social housing complex in Ivry-sur-Seine, France.

Cité Maurice-Thorez is a T-shaped housing complex on avenue Georges-Gosnat in Ivry-sur-Seine, built in 1953 by architects Henri and Robert Chevallier. Its wings step from eight to fourteen storeys, with a reinforced concrete frame clad in red brick and windows framed in pale stone. A white tower-like structure tops the tallest wing, and a patterned red-brick wall with vertical piers stands in front.

Architects Henri and Robert Chevallier designed and completed this building in 1953, making it the first high-rise structure in Ivry-sur-Seine during post-war reconstruction. The project was part of efforts to provide affordable housing for the growing urban population.

The complex is named after Maurice Thorez, a prominent French Communist leader who represented Ivry-sur-Seine as a deputy for many years. This naming reflects the social ideals that shaped the neighborhood after the war.

The complex stands on avenue Georges-Gosnat in Ivry-sur-Seine and is seen from the public street; the T-shaped plan runs from eight to fourteen storeys, so the tallest section and its white clocheton are best picked out from a distance. The 5.3-hectare parc départemental des Cormailles, laid out in 2003, lies alongside and gives an open viewpoint back onto the brick facades.

The complex appears in Gagarine (2020), directed by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, which was shot partly on site in 2019. The film follows a teenager fighting the demolition of the Cité Gagarine, a neighbouring housing estate in Ivry-sur-Seine. The Cité Maurice-Thorez was awarded the "patrimoine du XXe siècle" label in 2008.