Villa La Roche

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building house museum modernist villa

Villa La Roche is a pioneering early modernist house-museum in Paris designed by architect Le Corbusier, noted for its purist aesthetic, innovative spatial layout, and integration of art and architecture.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Maison La Roche 2
Maison La Roche-Jeanneret 2
Maison La Roche et Maison Jeanneret 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf building ⓘ
house museum ⓘ
modernist villa ⓘ
architect Le Corbusier ⓘ
architecturalStyle International Style ⓘ
Modernist architecture ⓘ
Purism ⓘ
associatedWithArchitect Le Corbusier ⓘ
Pierre Jeanneret ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Purist movement ⓘ
city Paris ⓘ
coArchitect Pierre Jeanneret ⓘ
colorScheme polychrome interior ⓘ
white exterior surfaces ⓘ
completionDate 1925 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1923 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
countryOfUNESCOProperty France ⓘ
currentFunction house museum ⓘ
designedFor Raoul La Roche ⓘ
function exhibition space for Le Corbusier’s work ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
heritageStatus protected historic monument (France) ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
managedBy Fondation Le Corbusier ⓘ
material reinforced concrete ⓘ
stuccoed masonry ⓘ
namedAfter Raoul La Roche ⓘ
neighbourhood 16th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ
notableFeature curved gallery ramp ⓘ
double‑height gallery space ⓘ
free plan interior ⓘ
pilotis‑like structural system ⓘ
promenade architecturale ⓘ
ribbon windows ⓘ
roof terrace ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
originalFunction art gallery ⓘ
private residence ⓘ
owner Fondation Le Corbusier ⓘ
partOf The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement ⓘ
significance early example of Le Corbusier’s domestic architecture ⓘ
integration of art and architecture ⓘ
key work in development of modernist residential design ⓘ
streetAddress 10 square du Docteur Blanche ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2016 ⓘ
UNESCOListing The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement ⓘ
use display of modern art collection ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raoul La Roche → commissioned → Villa La Roche ⓘ
Raoul La Roche → commissioned → Villa La Roche ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maison La Roche-Jeanneret
this entity surface form: Maison La Roche et Maison Jeanneret
Fondation Le Corbusier → locatedIn → Villa La Roche ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maison La Roche
Le Corbusier → notableWork → Villa La Roche ⓘ
Le Corbusier → notableWork → Villa La Roche ⓘ
this entity surface form: Villa Jeanneret
Le Corbusier → notableWork → Villa La Roche ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maison La Roche-Jeanneret
Raoul La Roche → notableWork → Villa La Roche ⓘ
Fondation Le Corbusier → occupies → Villa La Roche ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maison La Roche