This is a house at the height of the Art Nouveau design movement. Before writing this story, I had some idea of the Art Nouveau movement, but would be pushed to pinpoint where exactly it deviated ...

Why the Art Nouveau focus? It’s a design movement driven as a reaction to the industrial revolution, highlighting a reintroduction of natural lines and motifs to an increasingly citified world.

It's an elaborate design, featuring floral relief in grey and blue. Art Nouveau flourished between 1880s and 1910. The movement attempted to break down barriers between fine and applied arts ...