Lastne hiše arhitektov modernega obdobja – od Wagnerja in Wrighta do Gehryja ter Zumthorja – so na neki način manifesti, materializirana načela in vizije avtorjev. Malce drugačen je primer Corbusierjeve koče – zaklonišča v Roquebruneu pri Cap Martinu. Ta, ki je gradil svet, je za samega sebe zgradil najmanjšo hišo na najlepšem mestu – na skali nad morjem, v senci figovca. Ravno iz te enoprostorske brunarice, minimalno dimenzionirane po modulorju, se je odpravil na pot, s katere se ni več vrnil.
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Modern age architects' own houses, from Wagner and Wright to Gehry and Zumthor, represent some sort of manifesto, materialized principles and visions of their authors. A somewhat different case is Le Corbusier’s cabin/shelter in Roquebrune near Cap Martin. The man, who was building the world, built for himself the smallest house in the most beautiful place – a rock above the sea, in the shadow of a fig tree. And it was exactly from this single-space log cabin, dimensioned in minimum proportions according to Modulor, that he set out on a journey from which he did not return.
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