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Hôtel Solvay

Hôtel Solvay

Victor Horta

Photo: François BERNARDIN · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Location
Brussels, Belgium
Client / Owner
Armand Solvay
Year
Completed 1900
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Hôtel Solvay in Brussels was designed by Victor Horta for Armand Solvay, the son of industrialist Ernest Solvay. The infobox and text agree that it was built from 1895 to 1900.

The article calls the style Art Nouveau. It lists marble, onyx, bronze and tropical woods, and says the Pointillist painter Théo van Rysselberghe decorated the staircase. It gives no dimensions.

The Wittamer family acquired the house in the 1950s and preserved it. UNESCO listed it in 2000 as part of Horta's major town houses. It opened as a museum on January 23, 2021, and a facade renovation ran from March 2022 to October 2024. The infobox also lists Louis Wittamer as a current tenant. The article says it is open five days a month in selected timeslots, and gives no hours or ticket prices.

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