Maison Guiette

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Maison Guiette, also known as Les Peupliers, is a house in Antwerp, Belgium. It was designed by Le Corbusier in 1926 and built in 1927 as the studio and home of René Guiette, a painter and art critic. It is one of Le Corbusier’s early works in the International Style and was requested to be modeled on the 1925 Pavilion de l'Esprit Nouveau. Guiette used the house as a lifelong source of inspiration, creating gouache works and experimenting with photography there.

The house has been shown with Guiette’s art in exhibitions, including at the 9H gallery in London. In July 2016, Maison Guiette and several other Le Corbusier works were inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites as part of The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement.