Next month we are heading to Europe to see art and architecture in France, Belgium, The Nederlands, and West Germany. The key architectural stops are various Corbusiers in Paris (Villas Savoye, La Roche, and Jeanneret), the Schoder-Rietveld House in Ultricht, and the Weissenhof in Stuttgart. Everything else is gravy sopped up along the way. If everything goes well, that groovy gravy includes Robert Mallet-Stevens, Theo von Doesburg, Adolf Loos, Henri Sauvage, Gustave Perret, Bernard Bijvoet, Hector Guimard, Victor Horta, J.J.P. Oud, Mart Stam, Willem Marinus Dudok, Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Behrens, Max Taut, Scharoun, and Bruno Taut.
Whew!
If you have any suggestions, please let us know. Here's a Google map of our plans at this point. Reds are MustSees, oranges are Maybes, and greens are where we are staying.
paris (mon, tues, wed, thurs)
A walking tour of Le Corbusiers to consider.
MUST SEE: Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye (1928-31; photo at top; the photo below is of the absolutely freaking adorable gardener's quarters): tourable; closed Mondays:
maybe: Robert Mallet-Stevens' Villa Poiret (1924-5): gawkable (somewhat near Villa Savoye)
maybe: Le Corbusier's Villa Stein de-Monzie (1927): gawkable
MUST SEE: Theo von Doesburg's studio (1930): tourable by appointment
maybe: Le Corbusier's Villa Cook (1925): gawkable
MUST SEE: Rue Mallet-Stevens (1925; an amazing street of five villas by Robert Mallet-Stevens): gawkable; possibly visitable
MUST SEE: Le Corbusier's Ozenfant Studio (1922): gawkable
maybe: Swiss Pavilion (1930-1); gawkable (may be visitable)
maybe: Bijvoet's Villa de Verre (1928-32): gawkable?
MUST SEE: Adolf Loos' Villa Tristan Tzara (1926): Gawkable
maybe: Le Corbusier's Maison Planiez (1928): gawkable
maybe: Henri Sauvage's Flat at Amiraux (1922-7): gawkable
maybe: Auguste Perret's Church of Notre Dame du Raincy (1922-3): gawkable, may be vistable
paris to lille (fri)
~ 3 hour drive
lille (sat)
We'll be in Lille to visit an old friend. Not much of early-Modern architectural interest in the area except for this interesting wee bit of Art Nouveau:
maybe: Guimard's Coillet House (1898): gawkable, possibly visitable:
lille to utrecht (sun)
~2.5 hours
Because the Rietvelt-Schroeder house is closed on Mondays, we need to hightail it to Utrecht to catch the last tour of the day at ____. If we get up early enough may stop in at Brussels to see:
maybe: the Victor Horta Museum (1898-1901); tourable; 2 to 5:30 pm [yikes on the opening hours; may kill the visit...]
maybe: Victor Horta's Cauchie House (1905): gawkable
maybe: Gustave Strauven's Maison Saint-Cyr (1901-3): gawkable
MUST SEE: Rietveld-Schröder House (1924): tourable, closed Mondays, open 1100 to 1700, last tour at 1600; need reservations:
nederlands (mon)
maybe: Reitveld's Music School (1932) in Utrecht: gawkable
MUST SEE: J.J.P. Oud's De Unie (1925) in Rotterdam: visitable (still a cafe!):
maybe: J.A. Brinkman's Sonneveld House (1933) in Rotterdam: tourable (but closed on Mondays)
maybe: G.W. Baat's Chabot Museum (1938) in Rotterdam: tourable (but closed on Mondays)
MUST SEE: J.J.P. Oud's Kiefhok (1928-30) in Rotterdam: gawkable
MUST SEE: J.J.P. Oud's Superintendant's House (1923) in Rotterdam: gawkable
maybe: Van Nelle Factory (1926-31) in Rotterdam: gawkable
maybe: J.J.P. Oud's Hotel Savoy (1923) north of The Hague: visitable
maybe: Bijvoet and Duiker's Aalsmeer House (1924): gawkable
maybe: Rietveld's Van Gogh Museum (1965): tourable (but closed on Mondays)
maybe: Rietveld's Pavilion (1965): tourable
utrecht to stuttgart (tues)
~5 hours
MUST SEE: Mies van der Rohe's Lange and Esters House (1927-30) in Krefeld, Germany: gawkable (only open for special events)
MUST SEE: Walter Gropius's Dammerstock Colony (1928-9) in Karlsruhe, Germany:
stuttgart (wed)
MUST SEE: The Weissenhof (1927): tourable 1100 to 1800
stuttgart to dijon (thurs)
~ 4.5 hours
MUST SEE: Theo von Doesburg's Aubette (1926) in Strasbourg: tourable, wed thru sat 1400 to 1800
MUST SEE (but may not be possible this time of year): Le Corbusier's Notre-Dame du Hait (1954): have to inquire from September 1st to December 31st please make enquiries at +33 3 84 20 73 27
dijon to paris (sat)
~3.5 hours
paris (sun)
paris to texas (mon)
crash (tues)
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