The Villa Savoye is a house designed by Le Corbusier in Poissy, France. The design of this house is modern and sleek and is much less masculine than some of his later designs that I have written about earlier. Le Corbusier described this house as “a box in the air”. When you look at pictures of the house, this is exactly what it looks like. The main portion of the house is supported by thin, delicate-looking support beams and the ground floor walls are painted green so that they blend in with the trees around the property. So your eye goes straight to the box-shaped portion of the house that appears to be floating. The house was built in 1929 and like many of Le Corbusier’s other buildings, it seems as though it should’ve came after its time. The design of the Villa Savoye is the essence the architect’s modern design style.  The inside of the house is modern yet simple as well. The inside of the house features a really cool spiral staircase. This building is another one of my favorites of Le Corbusier’s. The design is interesting and fun and I have always wanted a spiral staircase!

Corina Aguirre