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Maison La Roche

8 - 10 Square du Docteur Blanche - 75016 Paris Porte d'Auteuil - Porte de Saint-Cloud

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This is a major milestone for modern architecture! On July 17, 2026, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the inscription of Le Corbusier’s work on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Maison La Roche, a true laboratory for the architect’s modernist theories in the heart of Paris’s 16th arrondissement, is joining in the celebration of this event. Together with 16 other structures (single-family homes, apartment buildings, and religious buildings), it forms a transnational serial property that bears witness to Le Corbusier’s innovative architectural language and his lasting influence on the 20th and 21st centuries. This decade of designation has helped foster lasting cooperation among nations, share specialized expertise in restoration, and raise awareness among an ever-wider audience—notably through the Council of Europe-certified itinerary, “Le Corbusier Destinations: Architectural Walks.” Join the celebrations for this 10th anniversary through a wide range of cultural activities: thematic exhibitions, academic conferences, unique guided tours, and exclusive artistic events.

Find the complete schedule of celebrations on the official 10th-anniversary platform: https://lecorbusier-worldheritage.org/liste-des-actus-10-ans/

An icon of modern heritage and the first expression of purism in architecture, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Designed and built between 1923 and 1925 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Maison La Roche was widely photographed and admired from the late 1920s onwards. Like all the Purist villas, it helped to establish Le Corbusier as the master of modern architecture.
The use of new building materials such as reinforced concrete enabled Le Corbusier to implement for the first time “the 5 points of a new architecture“, theorised in 1927: the free facade, the free plan, the long windows, the garden roof and the pilotis.
In accordance with the wishes of its patron, Raoul La Roche, a banker and collector of modern art, the house was divided into two parts: the gallery, which housed his collection of paintings, and his private flats.
The architectural ensemble of the Maison La Roche and the Maison Jeanneret underwent several restoration campaigns from the 1970s onwards. It was listed as a historic monument in 1996, and since 2016 has been included alongside 16 other works by Le Corbusier on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.