Maison de Verre
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 | Maison de Verre |
| Designer | Bijvoet and Chareau |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Date | 1927 to 1932 |
| Building Type | house and ground floor medical office |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Early Modern |
| Street Address | 31 Rue St-Guillaume |
| Notes | Maison Dalsace, by Pierre Chareau and <a href="/architects/Bijvoet_and_Duiker.html">Bernard Bijvoet</a>. Modern asymmetrical aesthetic with rectangular forms in degrees of semi-transparency. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Maison_de_Verre.html |
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"The remarkable Maison de Verre was inserted into an existing building and is one of the unique buildings of the twentieth century... The dissolving of views through semi-transparent materials, the juxtaposing of metal and glass, 'free' space and solid add a dynamic dimension to this house which almost takes it into the realms of Surrealism."
— Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. p124.
Details
Address: 31 Rue St-Guillaume, Paris
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References
"The History of Interior Design", by John Pile, ArchitectureWeek No. 65, 2001.0905, pC1.1.
"Maison de Verre", by Kenneth Frampton, Perspecta: The Yale Architectural Journal, no. 12, 1969, p77-126.
Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. New York: Facts on File, 1990. ISBN 0-8160-2438-3. NA680.S517. — Available at Amazon.com
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