Immeuble Studio Raspail
Immeuble Studio Raspail stands in Paris as a functionalist building designed by Bruno Elkouken. Built between 1932 and 1934, it combines apartments with artist studios and a cinema on the ground floor. Geometric lines shape the facade, while bow windows extend across six floors and fill the studios with light.
The cinema opened in 1934 as Raspail 216 with a screening of Carl Dreyer’s latest film. Later called Studio Raspail, it showed art and experimental films, briefly operated as the newsreel theatre Paris-Soir Raspail, and closed in 1982. The hall remains available for cultural and artistic events, while the facade, roof, and cinema hall have held historical monument status since 1986.
The single-screen cinema originally seated 278 people, before the arrangement changed to 220 seats for greater comfort.
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