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House known as Villa Lang à Nancy en Meurthe-et-Moselle

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine de vilégiature
Villa
Bâtiment Art Nouveau

House known as Villa Lang

    1 Boulevard Georges-Clemenceau
    54100 Nancy
Private property
Villa Lang à Nancy
Maison dite Villa Lang
Maison dite Villa Lang
Crédit photo : B. Cussenot - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1905-1906
Construction of the villa
4 mai 1994
Registration MH
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Facades, roofs and fence (Box BN 15): inscription by order of 4 May 1994

Key figures

Lucien Weissenburger - Architect Designer of Villa Lang.
Henri Emmanuel Lang - Sponsor Filator, heir to the Sons of Emmanuel Lang.
Henri Sauvage - Inspiration Parisian architect cited as a reference.
Hector Guimard - Inspiration Parisian architect cited as a reference.

Origin and history

The Lang Villa is an emblematic house of the Art Nouveau current, built between 1905 and 1906 in Nancy, at 1 boulevard Georges-Clemenceau, in Saurupt Park. It was designed by architect Lucien Weissenburger for Henri Emmanuel Lang, a spinner and heir to Les Fils d'Emmanuel Lang. This project is part of the garden city of Saurupt Park, reflecting the influence of the Parisian achievements of Henri Sauvage and Hector Guimard. The major work was performed by Fournier and Défaut, under the direction of Weissenburger, a key member of the École de Nancy.

The Lang villa illustrates the stylistic audacity of the art nouveau nancéien, with facades, roofs and fences inscribed in historical monuments since 4 May 1994. Its architecture, both functional and adorned, bears witness to the harmonious integration between nature and habitat, characteristic of garden towns. Weissenburger merges the aesthetic principles of Guimard and Sauvage, adapted to the local context, while serving the needs of a textile industrialist, Henri Emmanuel Lang.

Located in a neighborhood designed to combine pleasant living and urban proximity, the Lang villa also symbolizes Nancy's economic boom at the turn of the 20th century. The garden city of Saurupt, where it is located, was destined for an industrial bourgeoisie, as evidenced by the other associated monumental records (PA00132626, PA00132627, etc.). The inscription of its exterior elements in 1994 underlines its heritage importance, both for the history of architecture and for the history of the Nancy School.

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