Museum Villa "Le Lac" Le Corbusier

AUDIO : work in progress.

UNESCO World Heritage since 2016. The Villa “Le Lac” is a little gem of ingenuity and functionalism – an architectural manifesto where one can find the key ideas of the program developed by Le Corbusier during the 1920s for his famous “white houses”. This laboratory of modern ideas is one of the architect's most personal and inventive works.

In 2016, the 21 member countries of the World Heritage Committee decided to inscribe "the architectural work of Le Corbusier, an exceptional contribution to the Modern Movement" on the list of Unesco World Heritage. 

History

1923-1924 construction of the Villa \"Le Lac\"


1931 galvanised steel sheet cover the north and west facades, construction of the annex and north wall


1951 aluminium sheet cover the south facade


1962 the Villa \"Le Lac\" becomes a grade 1 listed building


1971 the Fondation Le Corbusier becomes the owner of the Villa


1984 the Villa opens to the public 


2010 the Villa becomes a museum 

2012 beginning of the restoration of the Villa

2013 the museum is run by the Association Villa \"Le Lac\" Le Corbusier

2016 listed as world heritage site by UNESCO