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It's a beautiful house that slopes gently down the hillsides of Cologny, overlooking Lake Geneva, in Geneva's most elegant district. The villa "Les Ailes," inspired by Le Corbusier, was built in 1932 by Louis Vincent and Jean-Jacques Honegger.

It comprises three interlocking, staggered parallelepipeds, cleverly positioned to make the most of the sloping terrain and create terraced levels that showcase its greatest asset: the view. A breathtaking view of the shimmering waters of Lake Geneva.

Extensive renovations have been undertaken to breathe new life into this listed gem of 1930s modernist architecture.

The swimming pool has been installed on the large, overhanging terrace, which is enhanced by a sunshade wall, creating a true solarium. A monumental staircase descends to the garden below, adorned with a fountain and a sculpture (a winged lion); it provides access to the terrace and reception areas without having to go through the interior of the house. The original colors of the facades (coated with a rustic plaster) were rediscovered through chromatic research. This was a complex undertaking: the choice of these colors had been entrusted to the Swiss painter Georges Aubert, whose close relationship with Le Corbusier had led him to explore architectural polychromy.

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