Villa Savoye

Le Corbusier’s iconic 1931 white house at Poissy condenses the Five Points of Modern Architecture into one design.

Pilotis free the ground level for services, lift the living floor, and turn the roof into a garden promenade.

A ramp and spiral circulation create an architectural promenade, while automobile access helps shape the plan.

It became a textbook of the International Style and a prototype for later housing and urban ideas.

Modernism

Architect Le Corbusier