Pavillon de l'Esprit Nouveau

Pavillon de l'Esprit Nouveau was a model home constructed for the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris, France.

[3] In designing the building, Le Corbusier and Jeanneret aesthetically and ideologically diverged from the Art Deco style which dominated the exhibition.

The architects, viewing architecture as too removed from human needs, emphasized function and sought to drastically diminish decoration.

[4] The pavilion also included several cubist sculptures by Jacques Lipchitz, one of which was placed on the grass in front of the building.

[citation needed] In a 2017 article for CNN, Stephen Bayley named the building one of "20 Designs That Defined the Modern World.

Interior of 1977 reconstruction