The building is a designated Swiss Cultural Property of National Significance and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2016.

[2] As part of the 1931 alteration, the north and west façades were covered in the existing galvanized steel sheets, and a northern retaining wall and annex were built.

[2][3] Le Corbusier's brother Albert Jeanneret [fr; de], a musician, lived at the villa until his death in 1973.

[3] The building makes use of three of Le Corbusier's Five Points of Architecture: the free plan, the roof terrace, and the horizontally-oriented "ribbon" window.

[4] Writers for the current-day architectural web publication ArchDaily have lauded the building as one of Le Corbusier's finest works, a "must-see.