Beachhouse with tree - Architect Manuel Gomes da Costa - 1959

Is this beach house from 1959 a tribute by architect Manuel Gomes da Costa (Faro) to Le Corbusier's 'Esprit Nouveau' (Photo 9) ? The Pavillon de l'Esprit Nouveau was a model home - designed by Swiss architects Le Corbusier - for the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris, France.

The exhibition mainly had Art-Deco architects as participants. le Corbusier was a bit out of place with his "modernism", which meant that he was allocated a somewhat inferior position on the exhibition grounds. There was even a tree on it, leaving little room for a building. Le Corbusier simply solved it by building the house around the tree...