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Maisons Jaoul is a celebrated pair of houses in the upmarket Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, designed by Le Corbusier and built in 1954-56. The buildings were drawn in 1937 but were only built postwar for André Jaoul and his son Michel. The buildings are one of the most important of his post-war output and features a rugged aesthestic of unpainted cast concrete "beton brut" and roughly detailed brickwork. It was for a time owned by English millionaire Lord Palumbo. It now belongs to two sisters who live there with their families. The Maisons Jaoul have been protected by the French government as historical monuments since 1966. The demand was made by André Malraux.
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- Maisons Privées - non-profit organization dedicated to promote and safeguard modern and contemporary private architecture.
