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| Name | Castel Béranger (details) | |
| Address | Rue La Fontaine, 14 | Paris XVI, M° Ranelagh |
| Author | Hector Guimard | |
| Year | 1897-98 | |
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The front of this building presents a magnificent abundance of iron working. Please look at the gate (there is a close up, 121 K), of course it is asymmetrical, and the balconies. We can already foresee the "style metro".
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| Ehi, what is that?? A grown-up sea horse, a wingless little dragon or just a big concrete-sucking mosquito?I find it very nice, it reminds me of the medieval gargoyles reinvented by Viollet-Le-Duc, but with an organic touch... do you know H.R. Giger?This is not a coincidence, because also in Turin many buildings have many "disgusting" details that looks very much like a Giger work or, if you prefer, an Alien specimen. |
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Court of the mansion. Very nice the brick working and the stone capitals (Behrens) . Notice also the top of the gate pillar, whose shape, almost obscene, we will find many times in other buildings, also in Italy. |
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