Maison Guiette

Le Corbusier – Guiette House – Antwerp Belgium, 1926

Maison Guiette also known as Les Peupliers, is a house in Antwerp, Belgium, designed by Le Corbusier in 1926 and built in 1927, a few years before the Villa Savoye. It was the studio and living quarters of René Guiette, a painter and art critic. One of the lesser-known works of the Franco-Swiss architect, it is part of the “white villas” series that defined the architect's early career and is an early example of the International Style.
Rene Guiette asked Le Corbusier to design a house modeled after the 1925 Pavilion de l'Esprit Nouveau. Guiette drew inspiration from the house throughout his life through experimental painting and photography.