The Paris building that houses Le Corbusier’s former apartment and studio is Immeuble Molitor.
Designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Immeuble Molitor was built between 1931 and 1934 at 24 rue Nungesser-et-Coli, on the boundary between Paris and Boulogne-Billancourt. It is an eight-storey apartment building containing fifteen apartments.
Le Corbusier arranged to occupy the top two floors, which he built for his own use. The seventh floor contained the entrance, living room, kitchen and atelier; the eighth included a guest room and access to the roof garden. He lived there from the building’s completion until his death in 1965, making it both a residence and a place associated with his painting and architectural work.
Its façades combine glass blocks with transparent windows, producing unusually bright interiors. The apartment and atelier are now owned by the Fondation Le Corbusier and can be visited by appointment. A frequent confusion is Villa Jeanneret, a separate Paris house in the same broader group of early Le Corbusier works; it is not the name of his apartment building.