Villa l'Artaude, Modernist villa in Le Pradet, France.
Villa l'Artaude is a modernist residence in a Mediterranean coastal setting with an L-shaped layout. The building combines exposed stone walls with large glass panels and concrete floors that blur the boundary between interior and exterior spaces.
The house was built between 1930 and 1931 as a commission from Countess Helène de Mandrot and follows modernist architectural principles. Its construction using regional building techniques shaped its structure and made it a key work of this architectural movement on the French Riviera.
The villa is also called Villa Mandrot, after Countess Hélène de Mandrot, who met Le Corbusier at the 1928 CIAM congress held at her Château de La Sarraz and commissioned the house in summer 1929. She moved in in July 1931. The garden held two sculptures by Jacques Lipchitz: Le Chant des voyelles (1931) and Nu couché avec guitare (1928).
The villa stands on Chemin de l'Artaude in Le Pradet, east of Toulon in the Var. It is a private property, so there is no public visiting; the house and its terrace garden are seen from outside. The building was classified as a monument historique on 29 December 1987.
The building uses local stone masonry techniques that set it apart from other designs of this period. This craftsmanship gave the house a distinct connection to the region's building traditions.
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