The Stoclet Palace in Brussels was designed by Josef Hoffmann for the Belgian financier Adolphe Stoclet. Construction ran from 1905 to 1911. The infobox and text both give Vienna Secession, and the text also describes Art Nouveau balustrades and calls it a Gesamtkunstwerk. It was the first residential project of the Wiener Werkstätte.
Gustav Klimt designed the mosaic frieze, Leopold Forstner carried it out, and Franz Metzner made bronze sculptures of four nude males on the stairwell tower. The text names marble panelling and a rooftop conservatory, and describes asymmetrical rectangular blocks. The article gives no dimensions or floor count.
It is a private residence owned by the Stoclet family and has never been open to the public. A 2024 Brussels Parliament motion ordered opening for up to 15 days a year, but the article says the timing is unclear. It was classified as a monument in 1976 and became a UNESCO site in 2009.
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