Villa Sarabhai | |
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Location | India |
Address | Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
Coordinates | 23°03′14″N 72°35′37″E / 23.053929°N 72.593609°E |
Completed | 1955 |
Owner | Sarabhai |
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Architect(s) | Le Corbusier |
Villa Sarabhai, or Villa de Madame Manorama Sarabhai, is a modernist villa located in Ahmedabad, India. Designed by the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier, it was built between 1951 and 1955.[1] It was built with an austere interior, a typical Le Corbusier design principle.
The villa was built for Manorama Sarabhai, the sister of Chinubhai Chimanlal. She commissioned it in 1951 to build a home for her growing family, and it was completed in 1955.
The villa is located on a verdant 20-acre park owned by Sarabhais.[2] Corbusier decided on the vault as the villa's defining structure after taking into consideration the local climate, which is characterized by wide fluctuations of temperature and humidity.[3]
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