{"id":268686,"date":"2026-02-05T08:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/268686\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T08:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:46:17","slug":"le-corbusiers-stone-villa-near-hyeres-vanishes-into-the-mediterranean-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/268686\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Corbusier’s stone villa near Hy\u00e8res vanishes into the Mediterranean landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"

Set along the hillside above Le Pradet, Villa de Mandrot sits low and lateral, its stone walls and ribbon windows forming a measured response to site and climate. Built in 1930 as a holiday house, the structure is arranged in an L-shape across two levels, with long elevations opening south toward light and garden, while the north remains more enclosed. Flat roofs, broad terraces and deep openings establish a sequence that moves outward as much as across the plan.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025. <\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025. <\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025. <\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025. <\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025. <\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025. <\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025. <\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025. <\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025. <\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025. <\/p>\n

Designed by Le Corbusier, the 200sqm house combines modern construction with local material choices. Rubble stone walls, Var stone detailing and restrained plaster surfaces anchor the building within its Proven\u00e7al setting, while large glazed openings draw the garden inward. The main level contains living spaces and bedrooms arranged along the terrace, with a former caretaker\u2019s level below now given over to a workshop and service spaces. A small detached cabin at the end of the terrace provides additional accommodation, reinforcing the house\u2019s dispersed composition.<\/p>\n

Named for its original client, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne de Mandrot, and listed as a Historic Monument, Villa de Mandrot occupies a 2,450sqm plot planted with Mediterranean species. It\u2019s currently offered for sale<\/a> at \u20ac2.35 million.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photos Marion Sacco, FLC ADAGP 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Set along the hillside above Le Pradet, Villa de Mandrot sits low and lateral, its stone walls and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-268686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}