Maison de Verre by Bijvoet and Chareau at GreatBuildings

"The remarkable Maison de Verre was inserted into an existing building and is one of the unique buildings of the twentieth century... The dissolving of views through semi-transparent materials, the juxtaposing of metal and glass, 'free' space and solid add a dynamic dimension to this house which almost takes it into the realms of Surrealism."

— Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. p124.

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Address: 31 Rue St-Guillaume, Paris

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"The History of Interior Design", by John Pile, ArchitectureWeek No. 65, 2001.0905, pC1.1.

"Maison de Verre", by Kenneth Frampton, Perspecta: The Yale Architectural Journal, no. 12, 1969, p77-126.

Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. New York: Facts on File, 1990. ISBN 0-8160-2438-3. NA680.S517. — Available at Amazon.com

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