He then made his own version of it, which is visibly influenced by the Art Nouveau movement.
The Art Nouveau structure, built in 1903, was transformed into a design hotel in 2012, showcasing granite walls lined with contemporary art, and stained glass windows that evoke a Harry Potter-like vibe.
As we ducked out of one of the Art Nouveau apartment block lobbies, hidden behind thoroughly quotidian-looking front doors, I remarked at how wide the road was, an oddity for a town as old as this.
French designer Ruhlmann (1879-1933) was known for using ivory and rare woods like Macassar ebony to make pieces with streamlined shapes and simple curves a departure from the ornate, florid carvings of the Art Nouveau style that predated him.
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At the turn of the 20th century, he moved from Italy's sunny Adriatic coast to Paris in order to be closer to the epicenter of the Art Nouveau movement, picking up clients, such as Jean Cocteau, along the way.
In its designs it was still guided by the art nouveau tastes of its founder, Louis Comfort Tiffany, who restyled the interior of the White House in the 1880s and became the most fashionable decorator in New York .
Visitors will enter the domed Art Nouveau ticket hall of Schaerbeek station, built in 1913 and previously the departure point for night trains to Italy and France.
"Barcelona has Gaudi, Chicago has Frank Lloyd Wright and Glasgow has the unmistakable Art Nouveau magic of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, " she said.
Once famous for its clay pipes, the company branched into ceramics and became expert in the production of Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles.
He referenced botanical motifs and brocade patterns from civilizations as far back as ancient Greece, and moved up through the Baroque, the Enlightenment and Art Nouveau, taking side trips to Persia, Turkey and China.
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The Grand Hotel Europa, a stunning Art Nouveau building on the north side of Wenceslas Square, was known to Kafka as the Hotel Erzherzog Stefan.
She tried to envelop metallic fabrics, the textures of Gustav Klimt's portraits and a free-spirited mood all into the overarching theme of Art Nouveau.
This casino hotel has a turn-of-the-19th-century look, with Victorian antiques, ornate mahogany woodwork and art-nouveau chandeliers in the public areas.
The ship's design, a mix of Art Deco and Art Nouveau, brings guests right back to the time of 1930s ocean liners.
In a city renowned for its art nouveau treasures, the Liceu predated them with its own mid-Victorian fusion of gold and brown, blue and crimson almost more gaudy than Gaudi.
The sepulchre of Rufina Cambaceres is a beautiful Art Nouveau work depicting a young woman tearfully opening heaven's door.
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Gorgeous art nouveau details, such as the sweeping wroughtiron balustrade on the central staircase, are the hallmark of the Tulip House Boutique Hotel Sleep 14.
The indoor swimming pools are the most beautiful in Budapest, with the main pool having a glass dome, Art Nouveau mosaics, stained-glass windows and many statues.
Setting itself firmly in Mitteleuropa rather than the Balkans, the country has transformed its capital of Ljubljana into a pedestrianised, cafe-kissed oasis, where a collage of refurbished medieval, Baroque and Art Nouveau buildings shine as brightly as the shimmering waters of the Ljubljanica River.
Back in downtown Budapest, the 20th-century tragedy is masked by stylish cafes and Art Nouveau apartments.
Christie's, Sotheby's and other bastions of the traditional art establishment have been trying for years to attract these nouveau buyers-young, self-made and thoroughly unimpressed by titled pedigrees and plummy accents.
An offshoot of art nouveau, Catalan modernisme was kick-started by the reawakening of the region's art and language during the late 19th century, following 200 years of suppression by their Spanish overlords.
During this summer's festivities, the example of Glasgow (like Nancy, a provincial city with a strong Art Nouveau tradition which is now being revived) was quoted and explained at several symposia here.
An exuberant architectural blend of Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles, Baburizza occupies a prominent building on the pedestrian walkway Paseo Yugoslavia.
Chicago has always understood the power of the arts, too, in helping it to carve out a strong identity (its art museum is staggering), and sitting among those iconic riverside buildings is the Lyric Opera of Chicago, a tempting mix of neo-classical exterior and golden art nouveau and art deco interior.
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