Le Corbusier studio apartment

The building before you, known as the Immeuble Molitor, stands as a quiet revolutionary experiment in modern living. Designed by Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret between nineteen thirty-one and nineteen thirty-four, it holds the title of the first residential apartment block in history to feature an entirely glass facade. Because the structure had no buildings facing it, Le Corbusier could replace traditional solid walls with expansive glass surfaces, flooding the interior with natural light and proving his theories about the radiant city. He was so committed to this vision that he negotiated to occupy the top two floors himself, personally financing the construction of that final level and its crowning roof terrace.