Maison Bloc, Modernist residence in Meudon, France

Maison Bloc is a private house on rue des Capucins in western Meudon, built in 1949 by André Bloc in concrete and stone. It has a curved volume set at the bottom of a park, with large bay windows opening onto the grounds. The photograph shows two parts: a white flat-roofed section with a band of small square windows above larger rectangular ones, and a tall pale grey brick wall with few openings, behind a low stone wall covered in climbing plants.

Architect André Bloc designed and built this residence in 1949, applying his engineering expertise to create innovative architectural solutions. The building received protected status in 1983, marking its recognition as an important example of post-war architectural innovation.

André Bloc founded the reviews L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui and Aujourd'hui, and his editorial formula joined "the art of the engineer, the art of the builder, the art of the plastic artist, the art of the architect". In 1966 William Klein filmed a fashion-show sequence for Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo? at the house. The garden holds two habitable sculptures, nos. 2 and 3, made between 1964 and 1966.

The residence is located on rue des Capucins and remains a private home, so interior visits are not possible. However, visitors can view the exterior and garden sculptures from the street and public areas nearby.

Two monumental habitable sculptures were added to the garden between 1964 and 1966, extending the residential concept into outdoor space. These artworks reveal how Bloc dissolved boundaries between interior and exterior, between building and sculpture.