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Villa Cavrois
Villa Cavrois in Croix is a large modernist mansion built in 1932 by French architect Robert Mallet-Stevens for Paul Cavrois, an industrialist from Roubaix active in the textile industry.
Context and genesis of the Project.
Paul Cavrois (1890-1965) is a textile industrialist from north of France who owns modern factories for spinning, weaving and dyeing cotton and wool. In the early 1920s he buys a site located on the hill of Beaumont, in Croix, not far from his factories situated in Roubaix
park (replantation of trees, restoration of the water mirror and the original alleys) and the illumination of the park and the villa.
The villa opened to the public on 13 June 2015.
A modern concept.
The Villa Cavrois is a masterpiece of modern architecture and a unique example in the North of France. The villa is 60 meters long, it has 3800 m² including 1840 m² habitables and 830 m² of terraces and a garden of 17600 m² (originally 5 ha). The Villa Cavrois is a