Villa Baizeau

Villa Baizeau is a residential home in the Carthage Palace, Tunis, Tunisia designed by Swiss modernist architect Le Corbusier in 1928.[1] The building is the only work in Tunisia by the architect.[2]

Villa Baizeau
Location within Greater Tunis
General information
Coordinates36.85825°N 10.33908°E / 36.85825; 10.33908
Groundbreaking1930
Construction started1928

Le Corbusier designed the entire project remotely; neither him nor any member of his staff visited the site before, during, or following construction of the building.[3]

References

  1. de Heer, Jan (2009). The architectonic colour : polychromy in the purist architecture of Le Corbusier. Hall, George. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. p. 132. ISBN 9789064506710. OCLC 234775556.
  2. "Au cœur du palais de Carthage, une mystérieuse villa signée Le Corbusier..." Webdo (in French). 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2019-05-03.
  3. Heer, Jan de (2009). The Architectonic Colour: Polychromy in the Purist Architecture of Le Corbusier. 010 Publishers. p. 132. ISBN 9789064506710.


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