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30/07/2022

Visit the Le Corbusier World Heritage sites!

Take advantage of the summer to discover Le Corbusier’s buildings, which are listed as World Heritage sites and open to visitors. We offer you a small practical guide to organise your visit: don’t miss the guided tours, exhibitions and other events!

 

Les 17 sites Le Corbusier inscrits au patrimoine mondial © FLC - ADAGP - Photos Richard Pare - Design Ambre Lormeau
Façade de la Maison La Roche © FLC - ADAGP - Olivier Martin-Gambier

Maisons La Roche et Jeanneret
8-10 square du Docteur Blanche, 75016 Paris, France

Practical information

Opening

The Maison La Roche is open to visitors, but the Maison Jeanneret houses the headquarters of the Fondation Le Corbusier and cannot be visited.

  • Tuesday from 10 am to 6 pm
    Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm

Please note: The Maison La Roche will be closed from 1 to 22 August.

Visits

  • Self-guided tours with tour document (French, English, Italian, Japanese)
    Guided tours in French at 11am and 3pm, with a supplement of 5€.

More info: https://bit.ly/VisitMaisonLaRoche

 

Façade sur rue de la petite villa au bord du lac Lémac façade rue © Olivier Martin-Gambier - FLC - ADAGP

Petite villa au bord du Lac Léman
Route de Lavaux 21, CH-1802 Corseaux, Suisse

Practical information

Open

  • From 1 July to 25 September: Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 5pm.

Visits

  • Self-guided tours
  • Guided tours in French, German and English, with a supplement of CHF 120

More info: https://www.villalelac.ch/fr/information

Cité Frugès © FLC - ADAGP

Cité Frugès
Avenue Henry Frugès, Rue Le Corbusier, Rue Xavier Arnozan, Rue des Arcades, 33600 Pessac, France

Practical information

Open

  • The house opened to visitors is located at 4 rue Le Corbusier, 33600 Pessac, France

Activities

  • Cité Frugès: a feast for the eyes and ears: Podcasts to listen to while lying on the grass of the Cité jardin
  • Save the Cité Frugès-Le Corbusier! Enigm’game in family – Saturday 06 August at 2pm / Saturday 03 September at 2pm
  • Building differently – Sunday 14 August at 2pm

More info: https://www.pessac.fr/a-decouvrir/tourisme-patrimoine/cite-fruges-le-corbusier-539.html

https://www.pessac.fr/a-decouvrir/tourisme-patrimoine/cite-fruges-le-corbusier-539.html

 

Maisons de la Weißenhof-Siedlung © FLC - ADAGP - Cemal Emden

Maisons de la Weißenhof-Siedlung
Bruckmannweg 2, Rathenhaustrasse 1-3, 70191 Stuttgart, Allemagne

Practical information

Open

  • Tuesday to Friday: 11 am to 6 pm
  • Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 10 am to 6 pm

More info: https://weissenhofmuseum.de/en/

Villa Savoye © FLC - ADAGP - Ilona Bernard

Villa Savoye
82, Rue de Villiers, 78300 Poissy, France

Practical information

Open

  • Tuesday to Sunday, from 10am to 6pm

Visits

  • Free with a visit document
  • Guided tours in French at 11am, 2.30pm and 4pm (indicative times, guided tour included in the entrance fee)

Exhibition

  • “Chez eux”: Carte blanche to Nathalie du Pasquier

More info: http://www.villa-savoye.fr

Immeuble Clarté, Genève © FLC - ADAGP - Eveline Perroud

Immeuble Clarté
2 et 4 rue Saint-Laurent, 1207 Genève, Suisse

Practical information

Visits

  • Guided tours, in French or English, by appointment: michel.noiset@sunrise.ch

More info: https://fondationclarte.ch

 

Façade de l'Immeuble Molitor, côté Paris © FLC-ADAGP - Antoine Mercusot - restauration François Chatillon

Immeuble locatif à la porte Molitor, Appartement-atelier de Le Corbusier
24 rue Nungesser-et-Coli, 75016 Paris, France

Practical information

Opening hours

  • Thursday and Friday from 1.30 pm to 6 pm
  • Saturday from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 13:30 to 18:00

Please note: The apartment-studio will be closed in August.

Visits

  • Self-guided tours with a visit document (French, English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)
  • Guided tours in French at 11am and 3pm, depending on the opening days, with a supplement of 5€.
  • Virtual tour: https://bit.ly/LeCorbusierAppartementAtelierVisiteVirtuelle

More info: https://bit.ly/AppartementAtelierdeLeCorbusier

Unité d'Habitation de Marseille © FLC - ADAGP - Cemal Emden.jpg

Unité d’Habitation de Marseille
280, boulevard Michelet, 13008 Marseille, France

Practical information

Visits

  • Visiting conditions on : https://citeradieuse-marseille.com/visiter-la-cite-radieuse-v2/guide-visite/

Exhibition

  • “Lucien Hervé – Shadow is Light
  • From 18 July to 18 September 2022 in the entrance hall of the UH Le Corbusier and at the Hotel Le Corbusier 7/7 from 10am to 7pm
  • From 1 to 31 August 2022 in the Supérette (3rd floor) 7/7 from 10am to 7pm

More info: https://citeradieuse-marseille.com

Maison du Docteur Curutchet - façade intérieure © FLC - ADAGP - Olivier Martin-Gambier

Maison du Docteur Curutchet
N° 320, avenida 53, La Plata, Argentine

Practical information

Opening

  • Days and times available by phone: 0221 421-8032

More info: https://www.capbacs.com/capba-casa-curutchet

 

Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut © FLC - ADAGP - Cemal Emden

Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut
Colline de Bourlémont, 70250 Ronchamp, France

Practical information

Opening

  • Every day from 10 am to 6 pm

Visits

  • Self-guided tour

Activities

  • Investigation on the Hill, Wednesday 3 August at 2.30pm
  • Guided tour of the restoration site – Tuesday 9 August at 3pm / Thursday 18 August at 3pm / Wednesday 31 August at 3pm
  • Guided tour of the chapel shell – Sunday 14 August at 3pm
  • Architecture workshop – Wednesday 17 August at 2.30pm
  • Guided tour of the machines to live in – Saturday 27 August at 3pm / Saturday 3 September at 3pm

More info: https://www.collinenotredameduhaut.com

Cabanon de Le Corbusier © FLC - ADAGP

Cabanon de Le Corbusier
Promenade Le Corbusier, 06190 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France

Practical information

Opening and visits

  • 4 guided tours per day of the Le Corbusier site (Camping Units, Cabanon and Workshop) and of the Villa E1027Departures in the morning at 10 am and in the afternoon at 2 pm
  • Duration of the visit: approximately 2 hours from the station.
  • Online booking required: https://tickets.monuments-nationaux.fr/fr-FR/produits-seances

More info: https://capmoderne.monuments-nationaux.fr

Complexe du Capitole vu depuis le Palais de l'Assemblée © FLC - ADAGP - Bénédicte Gandini

Complexe du Capitole
The Capitol Complex, Sector 1, Chandigarh, Inde

Practical information

Visits

  • By reservation: dtour@chd.nic.in

More info: https://chandigarhtourism.gov.in/pages/page/capital_complex

 

Couvent Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette © FLC - ADAGP - Olivier Martin-Gambier

Couvent Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette
69210 Eveux, France

Practical information

Opening

  • All the outdoor areas of the convent are freely accessible from 8am to 7pm.

Visits

  • Self-guided of the exteriors
  • Guided tours of the interiors: from Friday 1 July to Wednesday 31 August
  • Daily guided tours: Monday to Saturday at 10am, 2pm and 4pm, Sunday and Monday 15 August at 2pm and 4pm
  • More info: https://www.couventdelatourette.fr
Musée national des Beaux Arts de l'Occident © FLC - ADAGP

Musée National des Beaux-Arts d’Occident
7-7 Ueno-Koen, Taito-Ku, Tokyo, Japon

Practical information

Opening

  • Sunday to Thursday: 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Friday and Saturday: 9:30am-8pm

Visits

Sel-guided

Exhibition

  • Towards Harmony: Le Corbusier and the Art of the Second Machine Age – Works from the Taisei Corporation Collection

More info: https://www.nmwa.go.jp/en/

Maison de la Culture - façade principale © FLC - ADAGP - Olivier Martin-Gambier

Maison de la Culture de Firminy
Route de Saint-Just-Malmont, 42700 Firminy, France

Practical information

Opening

  • Every day from 10am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 6pm

Visits

  • Self-guided
    Guided tours (La Maison de la Culture and Saint-Pierre church) at 10:30 am and 3:30 pm, reservation recommended: https://sitelecorbusier.com/billetterie-en-ligne/

Exhibition

  • The Field of Possibilities, micro-architectures to experiment with

More info: https://sitelecorbusier.com