Villa Savoye (French pronunciation:) is a modernist villa and gatelodge in Poissy, on the outskirts of Paris, France. It was designed by the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, and built between 1928 and 1931 using reinforced concrete. [1] [2]

Oct 27, 2010 · Situated in Poissy, a small commune outside of Paris, Villa Savoye is one of the most significant contributions to modern architecture in the 20th century. Completed in...

Feb 24, 2024 · Villa Savoye, completed in 1931 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in Poissy, France, is a landmark in modern architecture and a defining example of the International Style. It is considered one of the 20 th century’s most important contributions to the field and a pioneering embodiment of Le Corbusier’s “five points” of architectural ...

Explore the history of a 1930s vacation home just a few minutes from Paris. Commissioned by Pierre and Eugénie Savoye from avant-garde architect Le Corbusier, the Villa Savoye remains an icon of the Modern Movement, and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016.

The Villa Savoye can be understood as Le Corbusier’s refinement of his architectural system, his own personal Parthenon. Its essential geometric volumes embody his concept of the type form, and its careful consideration of procession and proportion connect the building to Classical ideals.

The Villa Savoye is the absolute icon of the modern movement, immediately recognized as such. Built on a large plot of unfarmed land (over 17 acres), free of all constraints, the Villa Savoye is in the form of a simple parallelepiped with four equivalent sides, placed on pilotis and covered by a roof terrace on which the more flowing forms of a ...

The Villa Savoye by architect Le Corbusier was built in Poissy, Paris, France in 1928-1931.

Jun 25, 2020 · Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier is one of the masterpieces which have this monumental and crisp facade with almost the entire roof structure clearly visible. Also, there are no cornices for draining away rainwater as the roof is flat, with gravel and downpipes, to collect and reuse the water.

Despite Villa Savoye’s rather unsatisfactory history of cost overruns and architectural defects, it was acquired by the government as a national landmark. More than any other of the time, the Villa Savoye embodies the qualities that were to be ascribed to modern architecture produced under functionalism, and as such it has entered into history.

Designed by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye in Poissy (France) means the starting point of Modern Architecture. Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye is not any design house, it is THE house where the architect implemented for the first time his concept of “New Architecture”.