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Living Tomorrow and visit of Le Corbusier houses

Wednesday February 28th, 2007

Living Tomorrow: new house in Brussels
For those who count on going to Brussels within the next 5 years, there is a house easy to visit: Living Tomorrow will open the doors of its new house and office of the future project on March 1, 2007.
Living Tomorrow 3 is interested in all current themes of housing [...]

March: visit of the Jaoul houses (Le Corbusier 1956)

Saturday February 10th, 2007

In march we propose the visit of the “A” and “B” houses built by le Corbusier for André jaoul and his son Michel. This visit will help to get familiar with the concepts of Modulor and the corbusian therory of “machine to inhabit”. The owners of these “machines” will explain during the visit how they [...]

January: contemporary appartment

Sunday January 28th, 2007

Welcome 2007! We are now facing 12 brand new months to visit more interesting houses and appartments. After the beginning of Maisons Privées in September 2006, the visits of a modernist townhouse (1934) and of a seventies building (1973), we will visit in january the resolutely contemporary decorated appartment of photography and scandinavian furniture lovers.
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December: Avenue Foch 1973

Friday December 1st, 2006

In December members of Maisons Privées will visit a 1973 service-appartment building on 33 avenue Foch in Paris. This building by Maurice Novarina is one of its kind. Built by the Edmond and Benjamin Rotschild company it was sold to jet-setters looking for a Paris “Pied-à-terre“. It houses the Cercle Foch, a private club with [...]

September: visit of Hotel Lambiotte

Sunday September 10th, 2006

In September members of Maisons Privées will visit the Hotel Lambiotte in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. This private townhouse was designed and built in 1934 by Pierre Barbe for Mr. Jean Lambiotte. Today it’s the private residence of the Japanese Ambassador to the OECD who exceptionally opens its door for us.
The Hotel Lambiotte has been noted on [...]