Maison La Roche
An icon of modern heritage and the first expression of purism in architecture, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Designed and built between 1923 and 1925 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Maison La Roche was widely photographed and admired from the late 1920s onwards. Like all the Purist villas, it helped to establish Le Corbusier as the master of modern architecture.
The use of new building materials such as reinforced concrete enabled Le Corbusier to implement for the first time “the 5 points of a new architecture“, theorised in 1927: the free facade, the free plan, the long windows, the garden roof and the pilotis.
In accordance with the wishes of its patron, Raoul La Roche, a banker and collector of modern art, the house was divided into two parts: the gallery, which housed his collection of paintings, and his private flats.
The architectural ensemble of the Maison La Roche and the Maison Jeanneret underwent several restoration campaigns from the 1970s onwards. It was listed as a historic monument in 1996, and since 2016 has been included alongside 16 other works by Le Corbusier on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
- Public opening
- Attention: Maison La Roche will be closed for restoration from December 22nd to February 1st.
- Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm
- Last admission at 5:30pm
- Private opening
- On request on Mondays
- Every evening except Sunday
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- Annual closures
- Public holidays
- From 25 July to 20 August
- From December 22nd to February 1st, included
- Public holidays
- 10 square du Docteur Blanche, 75016 Paris
Access via 55 rue du Docteur Blanche
Metro line 9 – Jasmin stop
Bus 52 – Stop Mozart – La Fontaine
Bus PC – Stop Suchet – Raffet
- Plan yout visit
- 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.
- Accessibility
- Access to Maison La Roche for people with reduced mobility is limited to the entrance hall; the house does not have a lift. The toilets are not adapted for wheelchair users.
- We can welcome you in front of the house and in the entrance hall in a wheelchair. Please call us so that we can open the gate and the double entrance door for you. Thank you for your understanding.
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 tour in French: Tuesday to Saturday at 11am and 3pm
- 5 € + admission ticket
- Duration: 1 hour
- Guided tour in English: Tuesday at 10am
- 5 € + admission ticket
- Duration: 1 hour
- Guided tours in Portuguese and Italian
- Price on request
- By prior arrangement only
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 Italian, Portuguese or English
- 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 from 8 to 15 people
- Reservation required: reservation@fondationlecorbusier.fr
- 15 people maximum
- 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 Apartment-Studio 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 of each site
- Free for the group leaders
- Student group rate
- 5 € per student
- 100€ per guided tour
- Free for the professor in charge
- School rate
- 5 € per pupil
- 50 € per guided tour
- Free for the professor in charge