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1910 School of arts and crafts, La Chaux-de-Fonds. 1914 Dom-ino House (no site agreed). 1914 Felix Klipstein house, Loubach. 1914 Bank, Neuenburg. 1915 Butin bridge, near Geneva (Competition). 1916 Watch factory, la Chaux-de-Fonds. 1926 League of Nations headquarters, Geneva. 1928 Wanner apartment block, Geneva.
La Maison de la Magie Robert-Houdin ( French for "The Robert-Houdin House of Magic ") is a museum which faces the Royal Château de Blois. It is located in the Loir-et-Cher département in the Loire Valley, in France, in the center of the city of Blois. [1] As a museum of France and bearing the official label of "Musée de France", it is the ...
One of the best-known groups of "Painted Ladies" is the row of Victorian houses at 710–720 Steiner Street across from Alamo Square park. It is sometimes known as "Postcard Row"; they are also known as the Seven Sisters. The houses were built between 1892 and 1896 by developer Matthew Kavanaugh, who lived next door in the 1892 mansion at 722 ...
The Maison du Roi civile, or domestic entourage of the king, was divided into a number of departments, whose number varied over the years. Under Louis XIV it consisted of 22 departments. Each department was directed by the grands officiers de la maison du roi de France (a title similar to, but not the same as, grand officier de la couronne de ...
In 1977, pastry chef Robert Linxe opened the first La Maison du Chocolat in Paris. Linxe was trained as a chocolatier in Bayonne, France and Switzerland. He later opened three more boutiques within Paris in 1987–1989, with a boutique in New York City opening in 1990. In 1995, Geoffroy d’Anglejan was named general manager of La Maison du ...
Paul Steinhauser. August 11, 2024 at 11:33 PM. Vice President Kamala Harris's homecoming in California's San Francisco Bay Area proved very lucrative. The Democratic presidential nominee's ...
The Maison de Verre ( French for House of Glass) was built from 1928 to 1932 in Paris, France. Constructed in the early modern style of architecture, the house's design emphasized three primary traits: honesty of materials, variable transparency of forms, and juxtaposition of "industrial" materials and fixtures with a more traditional style of ...
Fondation Le Corbusier is a private foundation and archive honoring the work of architect Le Corbusier. It operates Maison La Roche, a museum located in the 16th arrondissement at 8-10, square du Dr Blanche, Paris, France, which is open daily except Sunday. The Maison La Roche was temporarily closed for renovation in 2008–2009.