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Villa Savoye (French pronunciation:) is a modernist villa and gatelodge in Poissy, on the outskirts of Paris, France. It was designed by the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret , and built between 1928 and 1931 using reinforced concrete .
The physical deterioration of Villa Savoye was largely due to Le Corbusier's inattention to the needs of his clients, prioritizing aesthetic ambition over domestic consumption. [11] Additionally, the expansive glass windows can cause overheating during warmer seasons, and substantial heat loss in colder climates.
Villa Savoye: Poissy-sur-Seine, France: France: 1928: 1931: heritage listed (1965); [1] World Heritage Site (2016) [2] gate lodge at Villa Savoye Poissy-sur-Seine France 1928 1931 Heritage listed (1965) World heritage site (2016) Tsentrosoyuz: Moscow: Soviet Union: 1928: 1933: Villa Baizeau: Tunis: Tunisia 1928 1930 Maison Church Paris France ...
Villa Savoye, considered by many to be the seminal work of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier. The " Noyau de Poissy " is a liquor based on macerated or distilled apricot pits, a local tradition since early 18th century.
The best-known of these houses was the Villa Savoye, built in 1928–1931 in the Paris suburb of Poissy. An elegant white box wrapped with a ribbon of glass windows around on the façade, with living space that opened upon an interior garden and countryside around, raised up by a row of white pylons in the center of a large lawn, it became an ...
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Le Corbusier famously said "a house is a machine for living in"; his 1923 book Vers une architecture was, and still is, very influential, and his early built work such as the Villa Savoye in Poissy, France, is thought of as prototypically function.
Hôtel de Sully in Paris, headquarters of the Centre des monuments nationaux. The Centre des monuments nationaux (CMN) (French, 'National monuments centre') is a French government body (Établissement public à caractère administratif) which conserves, restores and manages historic buildings and sites that are the property of the French state.