Hôtel Brion

Hôtel Brion
Hôtel Brion in 2011
Hôtel Brion in relation to the city of Strasbourg
Former names Hôtel Marguerite
Alternative names Villa Brion
General information
Type private housing
Architectural style Art Nouveau
Location Strasbourg, France
Coordinates 48°35′08.56″N 7°46′05.47″E / 48.5857111°N 7.7681861°E / 48.5857111; 7.7681861Coordinates: 48°35′08.56″N 7°46′05.47″E / 48.5857111°N 7.7681861°E / 48.5857111; 7.7681861
Completed 1904
Design and construction
Architect Auguste Brion

The Hôtel Brion, also known as Villa Brion, is a small Art Nouveau hôtel particulier on rue Sleidan in the Neustadt district of Strasbourg, in the French department of the Bas-Rhin. It has been classified as a Monument historique since 1975.[1]

History

The hôtel particulier was built by the architect, Auguste Brion (1861–1940), for himself in 1904. Brion, the scion of a family of artists directly related to the legendary Friederike Brion, was a prolific architect who built four other houses in the same street between 1903 and 1905.[2] The hôtel is executed in a more exuberant style than most of Brion's other realizations. For the structure, the architect used timber framing and walls of reinforced concrete the surface of which he then covered with stonemasonry. Between 1926 and 1972, the Hôtel Brion was used as an actual hotel, called Hôtel Marguerite. It is again in private hands since 1980.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Hôtel Brion, puis pension de famille appelée Hôtel Marguerite". French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Auguste Brion". archi-wiki.org. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "L'art nouveau dans nos quartiers : l'hôtel Brion au 22 rue Sleidan". adiq.fr. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

Literature

  • Recht, Roland; Foessel, Georges; Klein, Jean-Pierre: Connaître Strasbourg, 1988, ISBN 2-7032-0185-0, page 272

See also

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