Hector Guimard, who gained acclaim from his work with the Paris Métro subway system, is the subject of an exhibition on view at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City.

A typical station entrance in the Paris Métro. ImageVia Pixabay licensed under CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) Paris’ radical transformation from medieval labyrinth to Second Empire metropolis between ...

It looks like an Guimard entrace to the Paris Metro, but it's located in NYC at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). ... Paris: Hector Guimard Art Nouveau Subway Entrances. Benjamin Waldman Nov 19, 2013.

There is something strangely seductive about the Paris Metro. Its distinctive warmth. The floral Art Nouveau entrances, designed by Hector Guimard in 1900. The single word “Métropolitain ...

My admiration — possibly even love — for the Paris métro began in the winter ... fewer than 90 surviving enclosures designed by Hector Guimard, the famed Art Nouveau architect.

Built by Hector Guimard, the entrance was originally covering the metro at Hôtel de Ville before it was moved to the picturesque area of Montmartre, home to the Sacré Coeur, in the 1970s. (Photo ...

In 1900, Paris hosted its first Olympic games. It had been the second city to host them after the first Olympics in Athens. It was also the year of the Exposition Universelle, where the city would ...

Few cities in the world are more identified with their subway systems than Paris. One of the busiest ... of "an amazingly young architect" named Hector Guimard. "He had the idea of building ...

On view through Nov. 5, the small but special exhibition explores the life and work of Hector ... movement. Guimard is best known for this sinuous and iconic design for the Paris Metro entrances.