Hotel Solvay
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| Hotel Solvay | |
| Designer | Victor Horta |
| Location | Brussels, Belgium |
| Date | 1895 to 1900 |
| Building Type | large house |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Art Nouveau |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | Beautiful iron and marble staircase. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Hotel_Solvay.html |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Sites | |
| Name | Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) |
| UNESCO State Party | Belgium |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iv |
| UNESCO Site ID | 1005 |
| Year of Listing | 2000 |
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Address:
No. 224, Avenue Louise, Brussels
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Hôtel Solvay
The Hôtel Solvay is a large Art Nouveau town house designed by Victor Horta on the Avenue Louise in Brussels. The house was commissioned by Armand Solvay, the son of the wealthy Belgian chemist and industrialist Ernest Solvay. For this wealthy patron Horta could spend a fortune on precious materials and expensive details. Horta designed every single detail; furniture, carpets, light fittings, tableware and even the door bell (see photo). He used expensive materials such as marble, onyx, bronze, tropic woods etc. For the decoration of the staircase Horta cooperated with the Belgian pointillist painter Théo van Rysselberghe.
The Hôtel Solvay and most of its splendid content remained intact thanks to the Wittamer family. They acquired the house in the 1950s and did the utmost to preserve and restore this magnificent dwelling. The house is still private property and can only be visited by appointment and under very strict conditions. The edifice is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
References
- Françoise Aubry and Jos Vandenbreeden, Horta, Art Nouveau to Modernism, Ludion Press Ghent - Harry N. Abrams Publishers New York, 1996.
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Kenneth Frampton. Modern Architecture 1851-1945. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1983. ISBN 0-8478-0506-9. LC 83-61363. NA642.F7 1983. plan, p86.
Peter Gössel and Gabriele Leuthäuser. Architecture in the Twentieth Century. Germany: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1991. ISBN 3-8228-0550-5. interior photo of staircase, p48.
