Your Field Guide to Visit Great Architecture

Great Buildings and Architecture by Le Corbusier

Centre Le Corbusier / Heidi Weber Pavilion

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In Zurich, by Le Corbusier

Also known as the Centre Le Corbusier, the Heidi Weber Pavilion was completed after Corbusier's death and is now a (rarely open) museum and gallery.


Open to public, but no tours are available on-site

Unité d'habitation

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In Marseille, by Le Corbusier

The Marseille unité d'habitation brings together Le Corbusier's vision for communal living with the needs and realities of post-war France.


Open to public, architecture tours are available

Curutchet House

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In La Plata, by Le Corbusier

The Curutchet House, La Plata, Argentina, is one of the two buildings in the Americas by Le Corbusier (the other is the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts in Boston). It was commissioned by Dr. Pedro Domingo Curutchet, a surgeon, in 1948 and included a small medical office on the first floor. The house consists of four main levels with a courtyard between the house and the clinic. The building faces the Paseo del Bosque park. The main facade incorporates a brise soleil.


Open to public, architecture tours are available

Villa Savoye

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In Poissy, by Le Corbusier

The Villa Savoye is a wonderful demonstration of Le Corbusier's 'five points of a new architecture', which he developed in 1927, exploiting the new opportunities of reinforced concrete.


Open to public, but no tours are available on-site