MIGUEL VENTURA TERRA HOUSE

Rua Alexandre Herculano, 57 – 57C Lisbon (Portugal) Miguel Ventura was the architect who designed this house of which he was also the owner. He had the Valmor Prize in 1903. The façade, which is made of stone, presents from left to right, a double body, a wider body and due …

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ABEL JOSÉ DA CRUZ HOUSE

Av. República, 87 Lisbon (Portugal) One of the most beautiful houses in Lisbon, speaking of Art Nouveau, of course. In the original design the house had three floors per floor and in the center was the stairwell. At present I do not know if it has undergone modifications, as the façade …

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ABEL JOSÉ DA CRUZ HOUSE

Av. República, 89 Lisbon (Portugal) Built by the same architect and for the same owner as the previous house. It has a ground floor and three floors. The façade is divided into three differentiated blocks since the central elevation is sunken. The ground floor and the lateral bodies have the façade covered in …

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Frits Schegel’s Villa in Hellerup

If you pass the villa at Bernstorffsvej 17 by car, it appears like a modernist painting. In the spirit of the times, the facade is simply composed, asymmetrical and painted in several colours. The house was designed by Frits Schlegel and built as a test building for Dansk Cement Central in 1931, …

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Casa Santurce

Building from 1902-1905, which belonged to Pablo Ubarri, Count of San José de Santurce, an important railway industrialist who became wealthy in the Americas. It is a house between partitions characterized by the polygonal tribunes located at both ends of the facade. They use wrought iron and polychrome stained glass …

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La Fermette Marbeuf 1900

La Fermette Marbeuf was a prestigious gourmet restaurant in the Champs-Élysées quarter in the 8th arrondissement of Paris ,France. Its Belle Époque Art Nouveau “1900 room” has been an official Historical Monument since 1983. It now hosts the restaurant Beefbar. Architect:Emile Hyrtre 1898

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Bedő House

This building on Honvéd ut, in central Budapest, is today home to the House of Hungarian Art Nouveau (Magyar Szecesszió Háza).  The name over the entrance is “Bedő Ház” which reveals its history because it was designed by Emil Vido for Béla Bedö, the wealthy Hungarian factory owner.  When it …

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Spitzer House

When visiting Budapest, we always discover exciting places and buildings, we tend to immerse ourselves in the sea of different styles, observe the world of facades teeming with various shapes, colors and mythological figures, and we are especially happy when we can enter the wonderful staircase of a building. Most …

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Villa Angerer

Situated in Via Fratelli Asquasciati just opposite the side entrance of the Casino, Villa Angerer, built on the site of a previous building dating back to 1880 known as Villa Feraldi, was purchased at the end of the 19th century by the Austrian lawyer, bibliophile and botanist Leopold Angerer, originally from Innsbruck and endowed with a considerable …

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