Design Icon: 10 Influential Works by Le Corbusier
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Situated in a small commune outside of Paris, Villa Savoye is one of Le Corbusier’s most recognizable achievements and is still considered one of the most significant contributions to modern architecture in the 20th century. The white villa (designed in collaboration with Pierre Jeanneret) is tailored to Le Corbusier’s Five Points of a New Architecture manifesto, with pilotis that lift the building above the ground, a flat roof that could serve as a garden and terrace, open-plan interiors, horizontal windows, and a "free" or unrestrained facade. It was completed in 1931.