Alvar Aalto Maison Louis Carré  Call to the Wild (L’Appel de la Nature) Laura Laine,  Kustaa Saksi,  Kim Simonsson

Exterior House Mid-Century Shingles Wood Photos

Aalto designed Maison Louis Carré with an immense lean-to roof made of blue Normandy slate, "pitched in imitation of the landscape itself". The facade is built from white bricks and marble, while the base and parts of the walls are Chartres limestone.