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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]
An Entrance to the Paris Métropolitain is a sculpture by Hector Guimard, conceived in 1902 and fabricated between 1902 and 1913.Guimard designed 141 entrances to the Paris Métro of varying types, 86 of which are still standing.
The entrance of the metro station at Porte Dauphine, Paris, designed by Hector Guimard Main article: Paris Métro entrances by Hector Guimard In 1899, the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (the Paris Metropolitan Railway Company, CMP ) launched a competition for the street architecture of the soon-to-be-opened Métro.
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).
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 ...
The station has two accesses, all of which consist of fixed stairs: access 1 - cnr. 65 Boulevard Richard-Lenoir / Rue Gaby-Sylvia, entrance designed by Hector Guimard is a registered as a historical monument since May 29, 1978; [2]
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Hector Guimard's original Art Nouveau entrance of the Paris Métro at Porte Dauphine station The typical station comprises two central tracks flanked by two four-metre wide platforms. About 50 stations, generally current or former termini, are exceptions; most have three tracks and two platforms ( Porte d'Orléans ), or two tracks and a central ...