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Stoclet House
In 1905, banker and art collector Adolf Stockleter commissioned Josef Hoffmann, one of the leading architects of the Vienna Secession movement, to design the house, who imposed neither aesthetic nor financial constraints on the project. Completed in 1911, the house and gardens, with their austere geometric forms, marked a turning point in Art Nouveau and foreshadowed the Art Deco and Modern architectural movements. One of the most successful and homogeneous buildings of the Vienna Secession, the Stocleter House featured works by Koloman Moser and Gustav Klimt, and embodied the desire to create a "total work of art" (Gesamtkunstwerk). A testimony to the renaissance of European architectural art, the house retains most of its original fixtures and furnishings, and maintains a high degree of integrity both externally and internally.
Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
Designed by architect Victor Horta, one of the early founders of the Art Nouveau movement, four major buildings in Brussels – the Hotel Tassel, the Hotel Solvay, the Hotel Van Eetveld and the Horta House and Studio – are among the most striking avant-garde works of architecture at the end of the 19th century. Representing a stylistic revolution, these buildings are characterized by open plans, diffused light and a clever integration of decorative curves into the building structure.
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
These are two of the most significant contributions to Barcelona architecture by Catalan Art Nouveau architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. The Palau de la Música Catalana is a vibrant steel-frame building filled with light and space, decorated by many of the leading designers of the time. The Hospital de Sant Pau is equally bold in design and decoration, while perfectly meeting the needs of patients.