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Hector Guimard

1867–1942 · French architect and designer · France

Photograph taken of Hector Guimard in 1907. (Smithsonian Institution - Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum)
Unknown photographer · Licence: Public domain · Source

Bio

Made Art Nouveau architecture highly visible in Paris through organic forms and crafted details.

Key works

  • Paris Métro entrances
  • Castel Béranger

THE RETHINK

Hector Guimard helps us rethink architecture as more than the production of buildings: their work shows how decisions about structure, space, materials, context or public life can change what a society considers possible.

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Hector Guimard changed architecture through ideas, buildings and approaches that still shape how we understand space.
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Image rights verified — Unknown photographer, licence Public domain, checked on its source file page.