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Originally Posted by porsche tech
Looks like an office building...
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Well, office buildings didn't look anything like
Villa Savoye in the late 1920's. This architect invented the "ribbon window" look.
One of the few specifications for the house is that it have indoor plumbing, electricity, and a garage.
The first floor is a circle, the upper floor(s) a square.
The door for the garage is an arc and slides like a pocket door as I recall.
An original drawing showing the building in cross section shows a car of the day parked, very reminiscent of the Model-T.
Rural France at the time was largely horse drawn carriages, this thing was from the future and still is in my opinion.
The architect that influenced framed views on roof tops is named Adolf Loos. I've been to this one too (
see below in Czech Republic) and it's really cool on the inside with hidden passages for the servants to pop in on guest with a fresh tray of drinks.
Spotlight: Adolf Loos
https://www.archdaily.com/576187/spotlight-adolf-loos
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Adolf Loos’s minimalist attitudes are reflected in the works of Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and many other modernists and led to a fundamental shift in the way architects perceived ornamentation.
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The lack of exterior decoration was a social/political stance and not a cost saving measure.