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House Flying Angel à Garches dans les Hauts-de-Seine

House Flying Angel


    92380 Garches
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Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1925
Ponti-Bouilhet meeting
1927-1928
Construction of the villa
1931
Published in *Domus*
années 2010
Restoration
2021
Historical Monument
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Heritage classified

The following elements of the house of Ange-Volant: the two architected entrance gates, the access roads to the house, the facades and roofs of the main building of the house known as L-Volant: the flying angel located between courtyard and garden, the small garden on the east side with its pavements and stairs, the eastern part of the north courtyard comprising its pavement along the facade and the large gate separating the courtyard in two, the terrace in front of the south facade and its stairs serving the garden, the central part of the garden comprising its two paved paths to the basin, excluding it, and inside the house: the whole distribution, as well as certain rooms in whole that are on the ground floor the vestibule, the bedroom of friends, the living room and its mezzanine (with its engraved mirrors), the corner of the fire (with its built-in libraries), the hall-to-eat, as well as the south-east bedroom of the first floor and its vestibule-dressing (with its enclosed closets), all located 61 Henri-Regnault street, as well as the south-east bedroom and its vestibule-dressed vestibule (with its

Key figures

Gio Ponti - Architect and designer Designer of the villa, modernist pioneer.
Tony Bouilhet - Sponsor and Director of Christofle Original owner, friend of Ponti.
Emilio Lancia - Collaborating architect Ponti partner on the project.
Tomaso Buzzi - Decorator and designer Worked with furniture and interiors.
Sophie Bouilhet-Dumas - Heir and restorer Directed the work of the 2010s.

Origin and history

The L-Ange Volant House, located in Garches (Hautes-de-Seine), is a private residence designed between 1927 and 1928 by the Italian architect Gio Ponti for the Bouilhet family, who came from the industrial bourgeoisie. Sponsored by Tony Bouilhet, director of Christofle House, this modernist villa embodies Ponti's vision of an Italian-style house, combining classical harmony and modern functionality. It is inspired by Palladian villas, with spaces organized around a central hall in double height, theatrical perspectives and a tripartite division (day, night, services).

The building is distinguished by its golden metal angel, emblem of the house made by Christofle, overtaking the entrance. The interiors, designed in clear contrasting tones with dark marbles and brass elements, reflect a search for elegance and comfort. The Italian garden, geometric and symmetrical, extends the architecture with a terrace, a sloping lawn and a pond. Ponti experimented with principles that he later developed, as in the Villa Planchart (Caracas, 1950s).

The meeting between Ponti and Bouilhet during the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts of 1925 marks the beginning of their collaboration. This house, Ponti's first international commission, remains one of his rare achievements in France. Classified as a Historic Monument in 2021, it was restored in the 2010s by the Bouilhet-Dumas heiress, preserving its original integrity.

The project combines Emilio Lancia (co-architect) and Tomaso Buzzi (decoration and furniture), with artistic contributions such as Richard-Ginori's silver Renaissance vases, offered as a wedding gift. The facade, rhythmized by columns, frontons and bay windows, illustrates a joyful figurative academy, according to Fulvio Irace, while the ceiling of the hall, adorned with stylized coats of arms of the Boilhet spouses, reinforces the personalized character of the house.

Located near the golf course of Saint-Cloud, the villa is located in a context where several modernist residences are born, such as the Stein-de-Monzie villa of Le Corbusier (1927) or the villa of Nubar Bey by Auguste Perret (1931). Today it bears witness to Ponti's lasting influence on residential architecture, combining Italian tradition and avant-garde of the 1920s-1930s.

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