Maison à Bordeaux, Modern residential monument in Floirac, France.

Maison à Bordeaux is a 500 m² house on a hillside in Floirac, east of Bordeaux, built between 1994 and 1998. Its three levels step up the slope: domestic rooms at garden level, the living room above, and bedrooms on top. A 3 m by 3.5 m hydraulic platform rises through the centre of the house, connecting all three floors.

Jean-François Lemoine, former chairman of Groupe Sud Ouest, commissioned Rem Koolhaas to design the house in 1994, after a car accident in 1991 left him with reduced mobility. It was built between 1994 and 1998. In 1998 Koolhaas received the Équerre d'argent for it, and in 2002 the entire house was listed as a monument historique. It also appears in the film Koolhaas Houselife.

The residence demonstrates how a house can merge technical innovation with everyday living requirements in its design approach. Open spaces and moving elements shape the experience as you move through the building and discover its unusual spatial arrangement.

The residence is located in Floirac, just south of Bordeaux, and can be reached by public transportation from the city center. Check ahead whether guided tours are available, as this remains a private residence with limited public access.

The moving platform serves as direct access between floors and simultaneously functions as office space when positioned at the top level. This dual purpose unites vertical circulation with a usable work area in a single mechanical system.