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unusual facts about Villa Jeanneret-Perret


Villa Jeanneret-Perret

The Villa Jeanneret-Perret is a witness to the pioneering architecture of the 20th century and the development of Le Corbusier; his characteristic neo-classic style breaks with the regional Art Nouveau and is based on his experience in Paris as a student of Auguste Perret and in Berlin with Peter Behrens.


Ader

The Ader car was built in Levallois-Perret, Seine, by his Société Industrielle des Téléphones-Voitures Système Ader

Astresse

The company, based in Levallois-Perret, claimed to build some two or three cars a month, using engines built under Grivel license.

Bédélia

Manufacturing rights were obtained by a dealer, a Monsieur Binet in 1920 and he had an updated version of the cars made for him by Mahieux of Levallois-Perret, Seine.

Charles Paul de Kock

His mother, Anne-Marie Perret, née Kirsberger, was a widow from Basel.

Clément Cycles

From it beginnings as a bicycle repair shop in Bordeau, through its establishment as a bicycle shop and workshop in Paris to its mass manufacture of a wide range of bicycles from the purpose built, state of the art factory at Levallois-Perret, Paris, the brand always combined advertising and marketing flair with quality products.

Clément-Panhard

Adolphe Clément was a director of Panhard-Levassor, and when the factory could not meet the production requirements for circa 500 units of the 1898 'voiture légère' ('dog cart') model, he undertook manufacture under licence at his factory in Levallois-Perret.

Clément-Rothschild

Carrosserie Clément-Rothschild were based at 33 Quai Michelet, Levallois-Perret, either adjacent to or in Adolphe Clément-Bayard's Levallois-Perret factory.

Corre La Licorne

Corre La Licorne was a French car maker founded 1901 in Levallois-Perret, at the north-western edge of central Paris, by Jean-Marie Corre.

École Estienne

The frame of the machine shop (1200 m2) was built by the Gustave Eiffel workshops in Levallois-Perret.

Édouard Woolley

Born in Port-au-Prince, Woolley began his studies in his native city with Carmen Brouard (piano and harmony), Élisabeth de Pesquidoux-Mahy (singing), Werner Jaegerhuber (German opera/lieder), Raoul Nargys (acting), and Henriette Perret-Duplessis (singing).

Fondation Le Corbusier

It now owns Villa La Roche and Villa Jeanneret (which form the foundation's headquarters), as well as the apartment occupied by Le Corbusier from 1933 to 1965 at rue Nungesser et Coli in Paris 16e, and the "Small House" he built for his parents in Corseaux on the shores of Lac Leman (1924).

Fonlupt

The Fonlupt was a French automobile manufactured in Levallois from 1920 until 1922.

Françoise Demulder

Demulder died on 3 September 2008 aged 61, having suffered a heart attack at a hospital in the Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret.

Frank A. Perret

Frank A. Perret became involved in the development of the theory of EMF (s:.Counter-electromotive force, CEMF).

Freda Betti

She married René Clermont (1919–1976) on 29 October 1949 in Levallois-Perret; they had two children.

Galalith

In France, Galalith was distributed by the Compagnie Française de Galalithe located near Paris in Levallois-Perret.

Georges Irat

The manufacturer was partially taken over by Godefroy et Levecque, makers of the Ruby engine, in 1934, consequently moving to that company's works in Levallois.

Haggerston School

Goldfinger's work is unique in Britain in that it combines the influences of Perret, one of the first architects to develop the use of concrete aesthetically, with detailing and forms derived from Le Corbusier.

History of the Levant

It would appear this sets the date by which Homo sapiens Upper Paleolithic cultures begin replacing Neanderthal Levalo-Mousterian, and by c.

Jules Rossi

He started serious cycling at the age of 14 in 1928 and by 1933 had become one of the top amateurs in France riding for the Velo Club de Levallois.

Keyrus

Keyrus is a management consulting business headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France.

Latil

In 1903 the firm moved to Levallois-Perret, changed the name to "Avant-train Latil" and had great success transforming all kinds of horse powered wagons.

Levallois

Levallois-Perret, a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France

Louise Michel

Michel's grave is in the cemetery of Levallois-Perret, in one of the suburbs of Paris.

From her death until 1916, a demonstration was held every year at her tomb at Levallois-Perret.

Maurice Guillaux

On his return, in August 1912 he became chief pilot for the Clément-Bayard organisation, flying its all-metal monoplanes made in their factory at Levallois-Perret.

Missak Manouchian

On 17 March 1943, Manouchian at age 36 participated in his first armed action, in Levallois-Perret.

Nicolas Bréhal

Nicolas Bréhal (Gérald Solnitzki) (born 6 December 1952 Paris - May 31, 1999 Levallois-Perret) was a French novelist and literary critic.

Paris Métro Line 9

This connection is not advertised as it is not normally useful unless one is traveling between the southern portion of the 8th arrondissement and Levallois-Perret.

Paris-Levallois Basket

It was founded in 2007 with the merger of Paris Basket Racing, from the city of Paris, and Levallois Sporting Club Basket, from the nearby commune of Levallois-Perret.

Roger Bourdin

Roger Bourdin (14 June 1900, Levallois-Perret - 14 September 1973, Paris) was a French baritone, particularly associated with the French repertory.

Sidonie de la Houssaye

Sidonie de la Houssaye, née Hélène Perret, pen name Louise Raymond (Edgar, August 17, 1820-February 18, 1894) was an American French language writer.

Sizaire Frères

The company was located at Courbevoie on the north side of Paris, but relocated in 1927 to nearby Levallois-Perret following the death of Paul Dupuy, who till then had participated in the running of the business.

Following the second death the business relocated the short distance to Levallois-Perret, and this was accompanied by a name change to Société Nouvelle des Autos Sizaire.

Tamara Barnett-Herrin

In 2011, she performed in and composed songs for the ballet Love Letters in Ancient Brick, choreographed by Mai-Thu Perret and Laurence Yadi, based on George Herriman's Krazy Kat comic strip.

Viaduc d'Austerlitz

Tasked with the bridge construction, the Building Society of Levallois-Perret (La Societé de Construction de Levallois-Perret) proposed a bridge with a span reaching 140 m, which was a record out of all the Parisian bridges at the time.


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