The private residence in Paris designed by Le Corbusier for Raoul La Roche is Maison La Roche.
Also known as Villa La Roche, the house was designed with Pierre Jeanneret between 1923 and 1925. Raoul La Roche was a Swiss banker and an important collector of avant-garde art, including works associated with Cubism and Purism. He commissioned the building to serve both as a home and as a gallery for his collection.
Maison La Roche forms one half of the paired La Roche–Jeanneret houses at 10 square du Docteur-Blanche in Paris. Its dramatic interior uses a ramp, curved gallery wall and carefully framed views to turn movement through the house into an architectural experience. The design also reflects Le Corbusier’s early experiments with pilotis, long windows and roof terraces.
The building is now owned by the Fondation Le Corbusier and operates as a museum and archive. It contains thousands of drawings, plans and studies, along with paintings, works on paper and photographs. The answer is sometimes confused with Villa Jeanneret, the adjoining house designed for Le Corbusier’s brother Albert, but Raoul La Roche’s residence is Maison La Roche.