Hôtel Solvay

Hôtel Solvay
Main façade of the Hôtel Solvay
General information
TypeTown house
Architectural styleArt Nouveau
AddressAvenue Louise / Louizalaan 224
Town or city1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region
CountryBelgium
Coordinates50°49′34.75″N 4°21′55″E / 50.8263194°N 4.36528°E / 50.8263194; 4.36528
Current tenantsLouis Wittamer
Construction started1895 (1895)
Completed1900 (1900)
ClientArmand Solvay
Design and construction
Architect(s)Victor Horta
Website
www.hotelsolvay.be/en
Official nameMajor Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
TypeCultural
Criteriai, ii, iv
Designated2000 (24th session)
Reference no.1005
RegionEurope and North America
References

The Hôtel Solvay (French: Hôtel Solvay; Dutch: Hotel Solvay) is a large historic town house in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by Victor Horta for Armand Solvay, the son of the chemist and industrialist Ernest Solvay, and built between 1895 and 1900, in Art Nouveau style. It is located at 224, avenue Louise/Louizalaan, not far from the Hôtel Max Hallet, another remarkable Art Nouveau building by Horta.

Together with three other town houses of Victor Horta, including Horta's own house and workshop, it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2000 as the core of epoch-making urban residences that Horta designed before 1900.