Villa La Roche, also called Maison La Roche, stands at 10 square du Docteur Blanche in Paris's 16th arrondissement. Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret designed it in 1923 to 1925. Raoul La Roche, a Swiss banker and collector of avant-garde art, commissioned it with a gallery for his collection. It was Le Corbusier's third commission in Paris.
The design reflects cubism and purism. Reinforced concrete allowed pilotis, long windows and a roof terrace garden. In 1928 Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand made three chrome-plated tubular steel chairs first created for this villa.
UNESCO inscribed the house in July 2016 with sixteen other Le Corbusier works. The Fondation Le Corbusier owns it as a museum, and its collection includes about 8,000 drawings, studies and plans.
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