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Villa Schwob

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Villa Schwob, also known as Villa Turque, is a house in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, designed by the architect Le Corbusier and commissioned in 1912 by the watchmaker Anatole Schwob, completed in 1917. In 1986 this early masterpiece was acquired by the Ebel watch group for its seventy fifth anniversary as both a reminder of its values and a source of design inspiration. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Building Type
House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 2
Completed Year
1912 1
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Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
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Modernist Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Villa Schwob (Wikidata)
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Switzerland

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Source Villa Schwob (Wikipedia)
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1. Villa Schwob (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Schwob, lead definition
    Villa Schwob also Villa Turque is a house located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland designed by noted architect Le Corbusier.
  • Lead section
    Villa Schwob also Villa Turque is a house located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland designed by noted architect Le Corbusier. It was commissioned in 1912 by the watchmaker Anatole Schwob, and completed in 1917.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (House)
    Villa Schwob also Villa Turque is a house located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland designed by noted architect Le Corbusier. It was commissioned in 1912 by the watchmaker Anatole Schwob, and completed in 1917. In 1986, this early masterpiece of Le Corbusier has been acquired by the group Ebel for its 75th anniversary to serve both as a reminder of its core values and as an inexhaustible source o
  • Infobox: completion_date
    1912 -16
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2. Villa Schwob (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
    Wikidata item Q7930495, property P131/P17 (location): La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
  • In Style: Modernist Architecture, Wikidata P149
    architectural style: modern architecture
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