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{{Infobox building<br />
| name = Villa Sarabhai<br />
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| location = [[India]]<br />
| address = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]]<br />
| owner = Sarabhai<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|23.053929|N|72.593609|E|display=inline, title}}<br />
| completion_date = 1955<br />
| architect = [[Le Corbusier]]<br />
| awards = <br />
| references = <br />
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'''Villa Sarabhai''', or '''Villa de Madame Manorama Sarabhai''', is a [[Modernism | modernist]] [[villa]] located in [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]]. Designed by the Swiss architect [[Le Corbusier]], it was built between 1951 and 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Architectural Origins Of the Carpenter Center {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1963/5/22/the-architectural-origins-of-the-carpenter/|access-date=2021-07-17|website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref> It was built with an austere interior, a typical Le Corbusier design principle.<br />
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==History==<br />
The villa was built for Manorama Sarabhai, the sister of [[Chinubhai Chimanlal]]. She commissioned it in 1951 to build a home for her growing family, and it was completed in 1955.<br />
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==Design==<br />
The villa is located on a verdant 20-acre park owned by Sarabhais.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Starbird|first=Pamela|date=2003-01-02|title=Corbu in Ahmadabad|url=http://www.interiordesign.net/article/474972-Corbu_in_Ahmadabad.php|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/d3ehM|archive-date=2013-02-22|access-date=2021-07-17|website=Interior Design}}</ref> Corbusier decided on the vault as the villa's defining structure after taking into consideration the local climate, which is characterized by wide fluctuations of temperature and humidity.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ubbelohde|first=Susan|date=2003|title=The Dance of a Summer Day: Le Corbusier's Sarabhai House in Ahmedabad, India|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41758019|journal=Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review|volume=14|issue=2|pages=65–80|issn=1050-2092|jstor=41758019}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Villa Shodhan]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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* http://dnasyndication.com/dna/dna_english_news_and_features/Villa-Sarabhai-reflects-Corbusier%E2%80%99s-creative-genius/DNAHM61772<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140108215449/http://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/corbuweb/morpheus.aspx?sysId=13&IrisObjectId=5459&sysLanguage=en-en&itemPos=67&itemSort=en-en_sort_string1%20&itemCount=78&sysParentName=&sysParentId=64 Foundation Le Corbusier]<br />
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[[Category:Le Corbusier buildings in India]]<br />
[[Category:Houses completed in 1955]]<br />
[[Category:Houses in Ahmedabad]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Ahmedabad]]<br />
[[Category:Modernist architecture in India]]<br />
[[Category:1955 establishments in Bombay State]]<br />
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