Villa Savoye

Item

Title
Villa Savoye
Creator
Le Corbusier (Swiss architect, 1887-1965)
Pierre Jeanneret (Swiss architect, 1896-1967)
City
Poissy, Île-de-France, France
Country
France
Date Created
1929-1931 (creation)
Century
20th century
Classification
Architecture and City Planning
Style/Period
International Style (modern European architecture style)
Modern
Modernist
Cultural Context
French
Materials
steel
glass
concrete
Techniques
construction (assembling)
Subject
architectural exteriors
architectural interiors
Description
General view of building from the west, Originally built as weekend country retreat, now totally surrounded by school and housing. "Unlike the confined urban locations of most of Le Corbusier's earlier houses, the openness of the Poissy site permitted a freestanding building and the full realization of his five-point program. Essentially the house comprises two contrasting, sharply defined, yet interpenetrating external aspects. The dominant element is the square single-storied box, a pure, sleek, geometric envelope lifted buoyantly above slender pilotis, its taut skin slit for narrow ribbon windows that run unbroken from corner to corner (but not over them, thus preserving the integrity of the sides of the square)." p 530
Source
Javier Gomez
Photographer
Javier Gomez
Rights Holder
© Javier Gomez
Texas Tech University Libraries
Access Rights
Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.

Le Corbusier (Swiss architect, 1887-1965) and Pierre Jeanneret (Swiss architect, 1896-1967), “Villa Savoye”, Arch Design Images, accessed November 14, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/archlib/item/40217