Maison La Roche
An icon of modern heritage and the first expression of purism in architecture, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Designed and built between 1923 and 1925 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Maison La Roche was widely photographed and admired from the late 1920s onwards. Like all the Purist villas, it helped to establish Le Corbusier as the master of modern architecture.
The use of new building materials such as reinforced concrete enabled Le Corbusier to implement for the first time “the 5 points of a new architecture”, theorised in 1927: the free facade, the free plan, the long windows, the garden roof and the pilotis.
In accordance with the wishes of its patron, Raoul La Roche, a banker and collector of modern art, the house was divided into two parts: the gallery, which housed his collection of paintings, and his private flats.
The architectural ensemble of the Maison La Roche and the Maison Jeanneret underwent several restoration campaigns from the 1970s onwards. It was listed as a historic monument in 1996, and since 2016 has been included alongside 16 other works by Le Corbusier on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
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Entrance fees
Guided tours
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Contact
- 10 square du Docteur Blanche, 75016 Paris
Access via 55 rue du Docteur Blanche
Metro line 9 – Jasmin stop
Bus 52 – Stop Mozart – La Fontaine
Bus PC – Stop Suchet – Raffet
- Public opening
- Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm
- Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm
- Private opening
- On request on Mondays
- Every evening except Sunday
- See our offers
- Annual closures
- From 1st to 22nd August
- From 22 December to 1 January
Full price: €10
Reduced price (jobseekers, students, DOCOMOMO) : €5
Free admission: under 14s, disabled people with an accompanying adult, journalists, tour guides, ICOMOS
Combined ticket for a visit to the Apartement-studio and the Maison La Roche : €15
No advance booking required. Tickets will be sold on site.
Guided tours for individuals
- Guided tour in French: Tuesday to Saturday at 11am and 3pm
- 5 € + admission ticket
- Without reservation
- Duration: 1 hour
- Guided tours in English, Portuguese and Italian
- Price on request
- By prior arrangement only
Guided tours for groups (8 to 15 people)
- Tour in French
- 100 € + individual admission ticket
- By prior arrangement only: reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
- Duration: 1 hour
- Tour in Italian, Portuguese or English
- 125 € + individual admission ticket
- By prior arrangement only: reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
- Duration: 1 hour
- Visit in Japanese:
- 150 € + individual admission ticket
- By prior arrangement only: reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
- Duration: 1 hour
Private tours
- Groups from 8 to 15 people
- Reservation required: reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
- 15 people maximum
- Guided tour in French, English, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese
- Groups of more than 15 people
- Reservation required: reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
- We offer the option of splitting the group in two and taking a combined tour of the Apartment-Studio and the Maison La Roche. Groups can then visit both sites alternately.
- Adult group rate
- 10 € per adult for 1 site, 15 € for both sites
- 100 € for a guided tour of each site
- Free for the group leaders
- Student group rate
- 5 € per student
- 100€ per guided tour
- Free for the professor in charge
- School rate
- 5 € per pupil
- 50 € per guided tour
- Free for the professor in charge
Phone : 01 42 88 75 72
E-Mail : reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
