You can now tour Le Corbusier’s Paris apartment and studio

After two years of renovation, the Paris apartment where Le Corbusier lived and worked from 1934 to 1965 is now ready for the public to visit. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016, the apartment is part of Immeuble Molitor, a 15-unit complex Le Corbusier designed with his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, in the early 1930s.

Inspired by the Maison de Verre, Le Corbusier designed the complex with a predominately glass facade. One of the first residential buildings to include large panes of glass, Immeuble Molitor features residences with floor-to-ceiling windows that span the entirety of one wall.

Photo © FLC-ADAGP - Antoine Mercusot

Photo © FLC-ADAGP - Antoine Mercusot

Le Corbusier reserved the top two floors of the building for himself and his wife, and he treated the 2,600-square-foot duplex as a testbed for his five points of modern architecture. The open space has as few corridors and doors as possible; the walls are painted in blocks of primary colors; and there’s a roof terrace that overlooks the street. Upstairs, he reserved space for a starkly decorated atelier where he painted in the mornings and designed in the afternoon.

For those who want to see the modernist jewel up close, you can book a tour here.

Photo © FLC-ADAGP - Antoine Mercusot