This square is inspired by a sketch by Hector Guimard (1867-1942): Humbert de Romans concert hall: pipe grid, circa 1901 - watercolour, white chalk, graphite, tracing paper. Disciple of Viollet-le-Duc, admirer of Horta, Hector Guimard is a major representative of Art Nouveau in France. Among his most important achievements are Castel Béranger (1898), the Coillot house (1899), the Guimard hotel (1909); many were destroyed, few are accessible to the public today, except the famous Paris metro entrances. The Humbert-de-Romans Concert Hall (1901), a work of art, concert hall and patronage,
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