Villa le Lac which was designated a World Heritage in 2016 was designed and built by Le
Corbusier as Geneva lakeside home for his parents in 1925. Because of its spare arrangement of
spaces he referred to it as a dwelling machine. Even today it remains the modern prototype of
the small house that fulfills all of the functions of a residence with a minimum of floor area
and seamless transitions between spaces. For the first time this book is appearing in three
separate language editions following the original edition in which Le Corbusier documented the
history of the building: with photographs sketches and a poetic text. Access to the original
photographs allowed the quality of the illustrations in this edition to be improved
significantly.
