Facts about Art Nouveau Architecture
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In Belgium, Art Nouveau architecture flourished most intensely in Brussels, which still retains hundreds of surviving Art Nouveau buildings.
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The Paris Métro entrances designed by Hector Guimard around 1900 became iconic examples of Art Nouveau architecture applied to urban infrastructure.
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Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí brought Art Nouveau architecture to a highly personal extreme in Barcelona, most famously in the still-unfinished Sagrada Família basilica.
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Glasgow's Charles Rennie Mackintosh developed a distinctive geometric interpretation of Art Nouveau architecture that influenced the later Vienna Secession movement.
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Victor Horta's Hôtel Tassel in Brussels, completed in 1893, is widely regarded as the first true Art Nouveau architecture building.
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Art Nouveau architecture is characterized by organic, flowing lines inspired by natural forms such as plants, flowers, and insects.