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The Hotel Guadet, located at 95 boulevard Murat in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, is a private hotel built in 1912 by architect Paul Guadet, a major figure in the use of reinforced concrete in France. The latter, nicknamed one of the "apostles" of reinforced concrete, collaborates with the Société des Grands Travaux en Béton Armé (founded by the Perret brothers) to build a building with an innovative structure, including a hanging garden on a roof terrace. The building, originally designed as a personal residence, illustrates the technical and aesthetic audacity of its time, mixing structural modernity and architectural elegance.

In 1922, an extension was added to integrate a garage overlooking Erlanger Street (now General Street-Delestraint), reflecting the adaptation of the building to emerging automotive needs. Although transformed into offices, the hotel retains remarkable elements of its original décor: five fireplaces decorated with mosaics and ceramics, a wrought iron ramp for the staircase, and a Moorish mosaic wall panel. These remains bear witness to the care given to interior ornamentation, characteristic of Parisian mansions of the early twentieth century.

The Hotel Guadet, which has been a part of the Historical Monuments since 15 April 1966 (facades and roofs), embodies the transition between traditional architecture and industrial innovations. Owned by a private company, there remains an emblematic example of the integration of reinforced concrete into the Parisian heritage, while stressing the role of Paul Guadet as a precursor in this field. The accuracy of its location is estimated "passible" (note 5/10), based on available data.

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