The Cabanon de vacances is a vacation home designed and built by noted architect
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...
in 1951. It is the only place the architect Le Corbusier built for himself which he used for vacation. In July 2016, the home and
sixteen other works by Le Corbusier were inscribed as the world's smallest
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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. It was built exclusively for himself, as a seaside escape away from Parisian city life, Le Corbusier spent every August in the cabin for 14 years. The cabin is constructed out of wood logs. Le Corbusier loved his summer home for its location.
References
External links
Official website{{Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier buildings in France
Houses in Alpes-Maritimes
Houses completed in 1951
Modernist architecture in France