CURUTCHET HOUSE


The 'Curutchet House', La Plata, Argentina, is one of the two buildings in the Americas by Le Corbusier (the other is the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts in Boston). It was commissioned by Dr. Pedro Domingo Curutchet, a surgeon, in 1948 and included a small medical office on the first 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.

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Address
References
See also
External links

Address


Casa Curutchet

Boulevard 53 N° 320

La Plata 1900

Argentina

References



★ Lapunzina, Alejandro. ''Le Corbusier's Maison Curutchet''. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997. ISBN 1-56898-095-7.

See also



Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Le Corbusier's other building in the Americas

External links



Information from Dr. Claudio Canenna

Directions to house

★ Plans


Ground floor


Mezzanine


First floor


Second Floor


Section

★ Photographs


Front facade from park


Front facade


Front facade


Tree in Garden


Court


Entrance


Ramp and tree in garden


Court


Terrace


Terrace


Ramp


Tree in garden


Interior


Interior


Ramp


View from terrace

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