Le corbusier - Maison Jaoul

The Maisons Jaoul, two twin villas tucked away in Neuilly-sur-Seine, mark a dramatic departure from the sleek, white, machine-like architecture that originally made Le Corbusier famous. Built between nineteen fifty-four and nineteen fifty-six, these houses abandoned his earlier principles of thin, open walls and flat roof terraces in favor of a rugged, tactile aesthetic. The architect used heavy, load-bearing brick walls and exposed concrete, signaling his shift toward what would eventually be known as the New Brutalist movement. Interestingly, the bricks themselves were scavenged from the sites of homes demolished during the war, chosen for both their availability and their ability to blend into the character of the neighborhood.