Curutchet House
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The Curutchet House, La Plata, Argentina, is one of the two buildings in the Americas by Le Corbusier. It was commissioned by Dr. Pedro Domingo Curutchet, a surgeon, in 1948 and included a small medical office on the ground floor. The house consists of four main levels with a courtyard between the house and the clinic. The building faces the Paseo del Bosque park. The main facade incorporates a brise soleil.
Construction began in 1951 under the supervision of Amancio Williams and was completed in 1955. The house exemplifies Le Corbusier's five points of architecture and incorporates a ramp and a spiral staircase.
The house was restored from 1986 to 1988 during the centennial of Le Corbusier's birth and declared a national landmark by Argentina's commission on national landmarks. It currently houses the Buenos Aires professional association of architects, the Colegio de Arquitectos, and is open to the public for tours.
[edit] Address
Casa Curutchet
Boulevard 53 N° 320
La Plata 1900
Argentina
[edit] References
- Lapunzina, Alejandro. Le Corbusier's Maison Curutchet. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997. ISBN 15-6898-095-7.
[edit] See also
- Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Le Corbusier's other building in the Americas
[edit] Exterior links
- Information from Dr. Claudio Canenna
- Directions to house
- Plans
- Photographs
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