Villa La Roche, also called Maison La Roche, is a house in the 16th arrondissement of Paris designed by Le Corbusier with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret between 1923 and 1925 for the Swiss banker and art collector Raoul La Roche. It combined a private residence with gallery space for La Roche's collection of avant garde art. The building now houses the Fondation Le Corbusier, and in 2016 it was inscribed, together with Villa Jeanneret and sixteen other works by the architect, on the UNESCO World Heritage List. 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 LocationSourced to the subject's own account16th arrondissement of Paris, France 2 Completed Year Classification
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_La_Roche, lead definition
Villa La Roche, also Maison La Roche, is a house in Paris, designed by Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret in 1923-1925.
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In July 2016, the house, Villa Jeanneret, and sixteen other works by Le Corbusier were inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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1923-25
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Villa La Roche, also Maison La Roche, is a house in Paris, designed by Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret in 1923-1925. It was designed for Raoul La Roche, a Swiss banker from Basel and collector of avant-garde art. Villa La Roche now houses the Fondation Le Corbusier.
La Roche commissioned Le Corbusier to build a villa as well as a gallery to house his art collection.
In July 2016, the
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The use of reinforced concrete allowed for a choice of material for the facade, pilotis, long windows, and a terrace garden on a roof.
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Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: 16th arrondissement of Paris, FranceQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: 16th arrondissement of Paris, France
Wikidata item Q3278824, property P131/P17 (location): 16th arrondissement of Paris, France
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