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Villa Savoye

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Le Corbusier's white box on slender columns at Poissy outside Paris, completed in 1931, the built manifesto of his five points of a new architecture: pilotis, the free plan, the free facade, ribbon windows and the roof garden. It is the canonical house of the modern movement and a World Heritage listed work.

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Building Type
House 1
Location
Poissy, France 1
Completed Year
1931 1
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Associated With

Villa Savoye is the fullest built demonstration of all five points together.

Designed By

With his cousin and partner Pierre Jeanneret.

In Style

A canonical work of the 1932 exhibition's International Style and of the wider modern movement.

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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
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