Hôtel Brion

Private housing in Strasbourg, France

48°35′08.56″N 7°46′05.47″E / 48.5857111°N 7.7681861°E / 48.5857111; 7.7681861Completed1904Design and constructionArchitect(s)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]

Gallery

Wrought iron balcony
Garden gate
Entrance door
Garage door
Side view of façade
Stained glass window and signature of the architect

References

^ Base Mérimée: Hôtel Brion, puis pension de famille appelée Hôtel Marguerite, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
^ "Auguste Brion". archi-wiki.org. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^ "L'art nouveau dans nos quartiers : l'hôtel Brion au 22 rue Sleidan". adiq.fr. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

External links

Media related to Hôtel Brion at Wikimedia Commons
Villa Brion – 22 rue Sleidan Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine on archi-wiki.org (in French)