Le Corbusier's Apartment-studio
Molitor building, first residential building with a glass façade,
Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Maison des Illustres label
The studio flat occupies the top two floors of a totally innovative building designed between 1931 and 1934 by Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret on the border between Paris and Boulogne. With eight storeys of all-glass façades, he created the first glass apartment block in the history of architecture. Since 2016, the Molitor building has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with seventeen other major sites created by Le Corbusier. It underwent a restoration campaign in 2017 and 2018.
The 240m² duplex houses Le Corbusier’s home and painting studio. Bathed in light and open to nature, it features all the elements of his architectural language: the free plan, the long glazed sections, the roof terrace, the polychromy, and the huge pivoting doors that partition the space as much as they fluidify it.
Prepare for your visit by exploring the virtual tour of Le Corbusier’s studio appartment, and let yourself be guided by Le Corbusier himself through excerpts from radio interviews conducted in 1951. This virtual tour was made possible thanks to the support of the SNBPE.
Opening
Access
Entrance fees
Guided tours
Groups
Contact
- Public opening
- Thursday and Friday, from 1:30pm to 6pm
- Saturday from 10am to 1pm (last admission at 12:30) and from 1.30pm to 6pm (last admission at 5.30)
- Please note: in January, the studio apartment will be open from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm.
Exceptionally closed from 6 to 14 February included.
- Private opening
- On request on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the day
- Every evening except Sunday
- Our offers
- Annual closures
- Public holidays
- In August
- From December 22 to January 6 included
- 24 rue Nungesser-et-Coli, 75016 Paris
Metro line 9 Michel-Ange Molitor
Metro line 10 – Stop Porte d’Auteuil
Bus 52 – Stop La Tourelle
Bus PC – Stop Porte Molitor
Bus 32 – Stop Porte d’Auteuil
- Plan your visit
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The apartment is located on the 7th floor of the building and is only accessible via the stairs. To access the apartment, you must ring “Fondation Le Corbusier” to enter.
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Only people with reduced mobility, the elderly or young children are allowed to use the elevator (which stops on the 6th floor). We apologize for any inconvenience caused, which is beyond our control.
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In the context of the Vigipirate plan, we do not accept suitcases or large bags.
- Visits last 30 minutes and are limited to 20 people.
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- Accessibility
- The studio flat is not wheelchair accessible, nor is it accessible by lift. A free virtual tour is available online here.
Full price: €10
Reduced price (jobseekers, students, DOCOMOMO) : €5
Free admission: under 14s, disabled people with an accompanying adult, journalists, tour guides, ICOMOS
Guided tours for individuals
- Guided tours in French: Thursdays and Fridays at 3 pm and Saturdays at 11:00 am and 3 pm
- 5 € + admission ticket
- Duration: 1 hour
- Guided tours in English: Thursdays andFridays at 4 pm and Saturdays at 10 am and at 4 pm
- 5 € + admission ticket
- Duration: 1 hour
- You must book your guided tour here online.
- Guided tours in Brazilian / Portuguese / Italian
- Price on request
- By prior arrangement only: reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
Private guided tours for groups (8 to 15 people)
- Tour in French
- 100€ + individual admission ticket
- By prior arrangement only: reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
- Duration: 1 hour
- Tour in English, Italian and Portuguese:
- 125€ + individual admission ticket
- By prior arrangement only: reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
- Duration: 1 hour
- Visit in Japanese:
- 150 € + individual admission ticket
- By prior arrangement only: reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
- Duration: 1 hour
Private tours
- Groups of 8 to 15 people
- Reservation required: reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
- 15 people maxium
- Guided tour in French, English, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese
- Groups of more than 15 people
- Reservation required: reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
- We offer the option of splitting the group in two and taking a tour of the Appartement-Atelier and the Maison La Roche. Groups can then visit both sites alternately.
- Adult group rate
- 10 € per adult for 1 site,
- 15 € for both sites
- 100€ for a guided tour per site
- Free for the group leaders
- Student group rate
- 5 € per student
- 100 € per guided tour
- Free for the professors in charge
- School rate
- 5 € per pupil
- 50 € per guided tour
- Free for the professors in charge
Phone : 09 63 52 30 22
E-Mail : reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
