Villa Stein, designed by Le Corbusier, was built in 1927 at Garches, France. The building is also known as Villa Garches, Villa de Monzie, and Villa Stein-de Monzie. Located at 48°50′52″N 2°10′31″E / 48.847667°N 2.175411°E / 48.847667; 2.175411 (street address: 7 Rue de professeur Victor Pauchet), the villa was built for M. de Monzie and then sold to Gertrude Stein.
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Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and also painter, who is famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called Modern architecture or the International Style. He...
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