La Maison Autrique
En 1893, Victor Horta a 32 ans : après ses stages chez Balat, quelques maisons à Gand et de nombreux projets, il reçoit commande d'une maison personnelle de son ami Eugène Autrique, ingénieur chez Solvay. Le programme fixé par Autrique était simple : « aucun luxe, aucune extravagance : souterrain habitable, vestibule et escalier honorables, salon et salle à manger agréablement unis, premier étage avec bain et toilette (pas encore courants à l'époque) et deuxième étage mansardé pour enfants et personnel » (V. Horta, Mémoires, p . 31).
La maison Autrique à Bruxelles
La Maison Autrique est le premier édifice significatif réalisé par Victor Horta. Elle a fait l’objet d’une restauration exemplaire achevée en 2004. Depuis, elle est ouverte au public, scénographiée de la cave au grenier par François Schuiten et Benoît Peeters.
The Autrique House
The Maison Autrique is the very first striking building Victor Horta designed. It was built in 1893 and it's a major part of Brussels' architectural patrimonium. It underwent an exemplary restoration and is now open to the public.
ARCHI URBAIN (13/26) : Alexandra Rolland, Maison Autrique
A l’occasion du festival BANAD (Brussels Art Nouveau & Art Deco) qui se déroule du 16 au 31 mars 2019 dans une quarantaine de lieux à Bruxelles, Mister Emma s’est rendu à Schaerbeek à la rencontre d’Alexandra Rolland pour parler de sa passion pour le patrimoine, de la Maison Autrique dont elle est la directrice et des expositions temporaires qu’accueille ce bijou de l’art nouveau (actuellement un focus sur Jean Ray).
La Boule Rouge Brussels Ladye Foulcan
Classé au Patrimoine Mondial de l'Unesco, l'Hôtel Tassel
Horta Museum, Brussels (BELGIUM)
Het Autrique-huis
Het Autrique-huis is het eerste markante gebouw van Victor Horta. Het werd in 1893 gebouwd en is nog steeds een voornaam element in het architectonisch patrimonium van Brussel. Het huis werd op uitmuntende wijze gerestaureerd en is heden open voor het publiek. autrique.be
Brussels, Belgium: around the rue Royale and the Congress Column
Maison Cauchie
One of the most beuatiful art nouveau of Brussels. Maison Cauchi Brussels Belgium- sept 2007.
BELGIUM: BRUSSELS: ARCHITECT HORTA RECOGNISED FOR HIS ART NOUVEAU
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Even casual visitors to the Belgian capital cannot miss the architectural gems of Art Nouveau style that glimmer in the urban greyness.
Although Brussels' urbanisation policy in recent decades led to many of these masterpieces being torn down, Art Nouveau's founding father Victor Horta is finally being appreciated.
Brussels is not really known for its architectural splendour.
But there is one exception: Art Nouveau.
Victor Horta is generally seen as the movement's founding father, which began around the end of the 19th century.
Born in Ghent in 1861, Victor Horta was the son of a shoemaker of Italian descent.
He studied architecture in Ghent, as well as in Paris and Brussels.
Although he is seen as one of the supreme originals of modern architecture, he had to wait for many years to receive public recognition.
His Art Nouveau style was often seen as too daring.
Now, almost 50 years after his death in 1947, Horta's creations are finally being recognised as the work of a revolutionary architect.
This year Brussels brought to light what maybe Belgium's greatest-ever architectural talent.
But, Horta was not just a casual architect.
He created tailor-made homes, designing everything: from the letter box and doorknobs to furniture, cutlery, and even the garden.
SOUNDBITE: (Dutch)
Horta is an all around architect, who designed everything himself and rethought and recreated everything. Starting with the smallest detail to the whole. I would say from the keyhole to the whole house.
SUPERCAPTION: Jos Vandenbreeden, director city archives Brussels
Horta's designs swept aside the dim and stodgy townhouses of Belgium's capital.
He introduced new and fresh ideas in the conservative thinking towards housing.
At the end of the 19th century metal and steel had become common materials in the construction of train stations and large market halls.
In 1889 Gustave Eiffel highlighted the use of iron with his well known tower in Paris.
Horta's merit was to introduce these materials into house-building.
Horta also brought daylight into the sombre interiors.
By placing a skylight above the stairwell and making ingenious use of mural mirrors, he illuminated rooms in dramatic fashion.
All this creativity didn't hinder the city developers who destroyed most of its heritage.
SOUNDBITE: (Dutch)
In the meantime a lot has been torn down, because of the lack of appreciation of Horta's architecture. This lack of appreciation started very early, just after World War 1
SUPERCAPTION: Jos Vandenbreeden, director city archives Brussels
Sadly Horta's masterpiece, the Maison du Peuple (the People's House) which was built in 1899 in the centre of Brussels, is no more.
The large complex of glass and metal contained the headquarters of the Socialist Party as well as shops, a cafe, a library and even a ballroom.
Despite the protest of some 500 international architects, the building was torn down in 1965.
Only a few stones of this famous Horta artwork have been preserved.
And what some say adds insult to injury, the Maison du Peuple was replaced with a huge and some say ugly office tower.
It's ironic that his work is only now being recognised, almost 50 years after his death.
Horta's own house, now a museum, is currently under renovation.
During the next three months Brussels is staging an important exhibition that highlights his extravagant creations.
Several organizations are offering walks through Brussels highlighting the remaining Art Nouveau treasures.
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Forming a Harmonious and Elegant Whole, presentation on the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2014 laureate Horta Museum from Bruxelles, by Barbara Van der Wee.
Hotel Albert Ciamberlani Art Nouveau Brussels Belgium
Hotel Albert Ciamberlani Art Nouveau Brussels Belgium
L'Hôtel Ciamberlani has been designed in 1897 by the architect Paul Hankar, who was a forerunner of the Art Nouveau style in Belgium.
It is situated 48 rue Defaqcz in Ixelles, a prestigious neighbourhood of Brussels, Belgium.
This town house was made for the symbolist painter Albert Ciamberlani, who designed the sgraffitos. they were them made by Adolphe Crespin.
The facade was restored in 2006.
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Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta ... (UNESCO/NHK)
The four major town houses - Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel Solvay, Hôtel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atelier Horta - located in Brussels and designed by the architect Victor Horta, one of the earliest initiators of Art Nouveau, are some of the most remarkable pioneering works of architecture of the end of the 19th century. The stylistic revolution represented by these works is characterised by their open plan, the diffusion of ...
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201805 ACTU-tv La Maison Autrique de Schaerbeek ( Victor Horta) avec Alexandra Rolland
201805 ACTU-tv La Maison Autrique de Schaerbeek ( Victor Horta) avec Alexandra Rolland
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Situé dans la maison d'un mécène du peintre et sculpteur Charlier
Cette maison meublée rénovée par Victor Horta pour le mécène fut la demeure de Charlier il y est exposé une partie de ses œuvres
Town Houses of Victor Horta - UNESCO World Heritage Site
A tour of the major UNESCO World Heritage town houses in Brussels designed by the architect Victor Horta, one of the most important and influential art nouveau architects in Europe. In this video we visit Hotel Tassel, Hotel Solvay, Hotel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atalier Horta. Unfortunately, only Maison Horta is open to the public and they don't allow photography, so we can't show you any of the building interiors.
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