Curutchet House in Argentina among 17 works by Le Corbusier added to UNESCO World Heritage list.

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Concluding its 40th annual session in Istanbul, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee added 17 works by Le Corbusier to its list of World Heritage sites. Among them was the Curutchet House in La Plata, Argentina - the only one of the iconic Swiss architect's works to be built in the Americas.

Some of the architect's other notable works added to the list include La Cité Radieuse in Marseille; the Maison Guiette, in Antwerp, Belgium; La Villa Savoye near Paris; the National Museum for Western Art in Tokyo; and Chandigarh, a planned city in northern India.

Commissioned Dr. Pedro Curutchet, a prominent local surgeon, in 1949, the 1,900 ft² modernist residence was completed in 1953. The house was also notable for its adaptation of Le Corbusier's five points of architecture in the context of a Latin American courtyard house (casa patio).

The house thus not only features the open floor plan, terrace, louvers, and porte cochère typical of the architect's residential designs; but also a courtyard and two poplars planted as part of the design - one of which was positioned to grow through an opening in the house itself.

Declared a National Historic Monument by Congress in 1987, the house has been rented out to the Association of La Plata Architects since shortly after Dr. Curutchet's death in 1989. It was also used in 2009 as the setting for an acclaimed dark comedy El hombre de al lado (The Man Next Door), and is open to the public.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Delightful, fascinating! So cool to see that tree standing right in the house.

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Fascinating house. So many lovely spaces within. Wow.

Thank you.

[forest444]

2. Great finds, Judi.

I hope you get the chance to visit some day.

There are a number of notable modernist houses in Argentina, and luckily most have been preserved (or recently restored).

Here are some of my favorites:

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Bridge House; architect: Amancio Williams, 1946.



di Tella House; Clorindo Testa, 1970.



Blue House; Edgardo Giménez, 1972.



MR House; Luciano Kruk, 2015.[/center]

[Judi Lynn]

3. Each one of these houses is wonderful. It's hard to imagine someone could have built #1 in 1946!

So wildly advanced for that time in history, isn't it? What a marvel.

The second house, by Testa looks so enjoyable. The designer made it so interesting. You would probably not get bored with that house.

My fave is the blue house, as it is so light-hearted, it appears it would be impossible to approach the house, ready to go in there and tell someone off! The house would tell you, "this is not the time and place." Nor would you feel proper in leaving it in a fury, and trying to slam the door, with a real hinge-ripper. It would make you look ridiculous to anyone standing around outside! It also makes a stranger curious about how the rooms are arranged, and if it has a courtyard.

I would hope the last house has a tall fence around it, or windows that can be darkened, in case of monsters, or the walking dead who may be lurking around outside, or dirty fascists who are there to assassinate someone!

Thank you for adding these amazing homes in Argentina. What a treat.