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Stoclet House: A Masterpiece of the Vienna Secession

The Stoclet House, located in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium, stands as a testament to the artistic renewal that swept through European architecture at the turn of the 20th century. Commissioned by the Belgian financier Adolphe Stoclet in 1905, the Stoclet House was designed by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann, marking a significant milestone in the Vienna Secession movement.

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UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site

When banker and art collector Adolphe Stoclet commissioned this house from one of the leading architects of the Vienna Secession movement, Josef Hoffmann, in 1905, he imposed neither aesthetic nor financial restrictions on the project. The house and garden were completed in 1911 and their austere geometry marked a turning point in Art Nouveau, foreshadowing Art Deco and the Modern Movement in architecture. Stoclet House is one of the most accomplished and homogenous buildings of the Vienna Secession, and features works by Koloman Moser and Gustav Klimt, embodying the aspiration of creating a ‘total work of art' (Gesamtkunstwerk). Bearing testimony to artistic renewal in European architecture, the house retains a high level of integrity, both externally and internally as it retains most of its original fixtures and furnishings.

Encyclopedia Record: Stoclet Palace

The Stoclet Palace, also known as the Stoclet House, is a historic mansion in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann for the Belgian financier Adolphe Stoclet, and built between 1905 and 1911, in the Vienna Secession style. Considered Hoffman's masterpiece, the residence is one of the 20th century's most refined and luxurious private houses.

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