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The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, United States has the archway consisting of the light stalks and "Métropolitain" sign from the Guimard entrance to Raspail station. [15] [20] [35] The Dali Theater Museum in Figueres (Girona, Spain) has a pair of the light stalks from a Guimard Métro entrance, which are exhibited on the patio. [36]
Guimard made different designs of above-ground entrances ranging from grand steel and glass pavilions to the most common type of entrance, a small railing, two lamps, and a sign saying Metropolitain. [2] By 1904, 141 stations were completed, most of which were the most famous type of entrance.
Hector Guimard (French pronunciation: [ɛktɔʁ ɡimaʁ], 10 March 1867 – 20 May 1942) was a French architect and designer, and a prominent figure of the Art Nouveau style. He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Beranger , the first Art Nouveau apartment building in Paris, which was selected in an 1899 competition as one of the ...
Entourage Guimard is an art installation and Square-Victoria-OACI station entrance designed by Hector Guimard in Montreal's Victoria Square, in Quebec, Canada. [1] [2]The cast iron and Comblanchien stone Art Nouveau-style structure was donated by Régie autonome des transports parisiens (RATP), and is owned by Société de transport de Montréal.
Castel Henriette in an advertising postcard produced by Hector Guimard Castel Henriette was a villa designed by the Art Nouveau architect Hector Guimard in Sèvres , France, in 1899. It was completed in 1900 and modified in 1903 with the removal of the look-out tower, and was demolished in 1969.
The synagogue is commonly referred to as the Pavée synagogue, rue Pavée synagogue, or Guimard synagogue, and was completed in 1914, designed by Hector Guimard in the Art Nouveau style. The congregation worships in the Ashzenazi rite, led by Rav Moredekhai Rottenberg, the son of the late Rav Haim Yaakov Rottenberg, known as the Rouv. The ...
The station contains one of the three remaining "dragonfly" roofed Métro entrances by Hector Guimard (1867–1942), the Art Nouveau architect who was originally commissioned by the Compagnie du Métropolitain de Paris (CMP) in 1899 to design the entrances for the Métro stations. It is the only roofed entrance that is original, not ...
The Hector Guimard-designed édicule Abbesses Metro Station Line 12 platform barriers at Abbesses. The station's entrance, designed by Hector Guimard (1867–1942), is one of only two remaining glass-covered "dragonfly" entrances, known as édicules (the other is located at Porte Dauphine, while a replica exists at Châtelet).