Pagode rouge, Asian art museum in 8th arrondissement, Paris, France.
Maison de Loo is an Asian art museum at 48 Rue de Courcelles in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, housed in a red Chinese-style pagoda. The building has a deep red facade with horizontal bands, tall rectangular windows with dark frames, and two tiers of grey-green glazed tiles with upturned corners. A sign reads "Pagode Rouge".
Ching Tsai Loo, a dealer and collector of Asian art, had a classical private mansion at 48 Rue de Courcelles converted into a red Chinese-style pagoda by the architect François Bloch in 1925 or 1926. The building, nicknamed the Red Pagoda or Pagoda Paris, was listed as a monument historique in 2002 and 2006.
The museum bears the name of its founder, a Chinese art dealer whose passion for Asian works shaped the entire space. This red pagoda serves as a cultural landmark amid classical Paris, showing how collectors once expressed their devotion to art through their buildings.
The building stands at the corner of Place Gérard-Oury and 48 Rue de Courcelles in the 8th arrondissement, with the red facade and its "Pagode Rouge" sign visible from the street. It houses the CTLoo & Cie gallery and is a private museum, so visits depend on the gallery's activity rather than fixed public hours. Look up from the pavement to see the two tiers of grey-green glazed tiles and the latticework windows.
The building was designed with such careful attention to Chinese details that its interior resembles a genuine Asian residence, despite being a redesigned French house. Many visitors notice this level of detail only when exploring the different rooms.
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