Stair and Interior of the Horta Museum, Brussels
The interior of Victor Horta's own house and studio in Brussels, now the Horta Museum, with a stair lit by a glass roof and curving metal and wood details.
Design characteristics
Victor Horta was a founder of Art Nouveau architecture, and his house in Saint-Gilles, built around 1898 to 1901, is one of its masterpieces. The stair rises beneath a glass roof, with curving metal supports, lamps and a wooden handrail that flow together. Horta designed every element as part of one line. For a modern stair, the takeaway is continuity: let the handrail, balusters and newel follow a single flowing curve.
Classification
- Style
- Art Nouveau
- Category
- Trim & Moulding
- Material
- Mixed
- Photograph
- 2005
- Photographer
- Hay Kranen
- Evidence
- Photograph of a documented interior or object
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Architectural context
Whiplash curves, botanical carving and woodwork that flows into the structure. Europe · c. 1890–1910.
