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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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