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Located in Boulogne-sur-Seine, it was built in 1926 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret; and commissioned by American journalist William Cook and his French wife, Jeanne. [17] Le Corbusier deemed the house as "the true cubic house" (French: la vraie maison cubique), as its constructional plan originated from a square, rendering its cubic form ...
1914 Norman House, Deauville. 1915 House at Lons-sur-Saunier. 1916–21 Paul Poiret House. 1916 Fritz Zbinden House, Erlach. 1916 Administrative building, Le Locle. 1917 Abattoir, Challuy and Garchizy. 1917 Workers housing, near Dieppe. 1917 Dam, l'ile Jourdain. 1918 Factory, Saintes. 1918 Workers housing. 1919 Pre-cast concrete houses, Troyes.
The sculptor Jacques Lipchitz introduced them to architect Le Corbusier, then largely unknown, who, during this time, was designing a series of villas, including innovative homes for Michael Stein (Gertrude's brother) and Lipchitz himself. In 1926, they commissioned the architect to design what Le Corbusier said was the first "true cubic house ...
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement is a World Heritage Site consisting of a selection of 17 building projects in several countries by the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier. [1]
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Le Corbusier's design for utopian high density housing for cities was repeated in four more buildings with the same name and a very similar design: Unité d'Habitation of Nantes-Rezé in 1955, Unité d'Habitation of Berlin in 1957, Unité d'Habitation of Briey in 1963, Unité d'Habitation of Firminy-Vert in 1965.
Le Corbusier Maisons Jaoul are a celebrated pair of houses in the upmarket Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine , designed by Le Corbusier and built in 1954–56. They are among his most important post-war buildings and feature a rugged aesthetic of unpainted cast concrete " béton brut " and roughly detailed brickwork.
Dom-Ino House (French: Maison Dom-Ino) is an open floor plan modular structure designed by the pioneering architect Le Corbusier in 1914–1915. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This design became the foundation for most of his architecture for the next ten years.