Hector Guimard
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Hector Guimard was a French architect and designer prominent for his Art Nouveau style designs including Paris Métro entrances. He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Béranger, the firs
Guimard in 1907
Facade of the Castel Béranger
Gateway
Breezeway, with wall plates by Alexandre Bigot
The architecture of Paris created during the Belle Époque, between 1871 and the beginning of the First World War in 1914, was notable for its variety of different styles, from neo-Byzantine and neo-Go
The interior of the department store Galeries Lafayette (1912)
The Trocadero Palace, built in a Neo-Moorish or Neo-Byzantine style for the Universal Exposition of 1878, was also used in the Expositions of 1889 and 1900.
The Gallery of Machines of the 1889 Exposition. It was the largest covered space in the world when it was built by the engineer Victor Contamin.
The Grand Palais (1900) had a neoclassical facade concealing a cathedral-like glass and iron exhibit hall.