Haussmannian architecture

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architectural style urban planning model

Haussmannian architecture is a distinctive 19th-century Parisian urban style characterized by uniform stone façades, grand boulevards, aligned cornices, and elegant, orderly apartment buildings.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Haussmannian buildings	1
Haussmannian urban planning	1
classical and Haussmannian Presqu’île	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural style ⓘ urban planning model ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Second Empire architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	aligned cornices ⓘ aligned windows ⓘ attic servants’ rooms ⓘ continuous street walls ⓘ courtyard-centered blocks ⓘ elegant apartment buildings ⓘ grand boulevards ⓘ ground-floor shops ⓘ mansard roofs ⓘ ornamental iron balconies ⓘ piano nobile on second floor ⓘ regular building heights ⓘ slate roofs ⓘ stone balconies ⓘ stone cornices ⓘ symmetrical façades ⓘ uniform stone façades ⓘ wide avenues ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
developedInPeriod	19th century ⓘ
endTime	1870 ⓘ
hasPurpose	creation of monumental vistas ⓘ improvement of traffic circulation ⓘ modernization of Paris ⓘ sanitation and public health improvement ⓘ
influenced	boulevard planning in other world cities ⓘ late 19th-century European urban design ⓘ
influencedBy	Baron Haussmann’s urban reforms ⓘ neoclassical architecture ⓘ
mainLocation	Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Georges-Eugène Haussmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableExampleLocation	Avenue de l’Opéra NERFINISHED ⓘ Boulevard Haussmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Boulevard Saint-Germain NERFINISHED ⓘ Grands Boulevards of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Haussmann’s renovation of Paris ⓘ
regulates	building height ⓘ façade alignment ⓘ roofline cornice height ⓘ
startTime	1853 ⓘ
typicalBuildingType	apartment building ⓘ income-producing rental block ⓘ
typicalHeight	5 to 7 storeys ⓘ
typicalMaterial	cut limestone ⓘ slate ⓘ wrought iron ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rue Royale → hasBuildingStyle → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ

Georges-Eugène Haussmann → architecturalStyle → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ

Saint-Sulpice → architecturalStyle → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ

Rive Droite → architecturalStyle → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Haussmannian urban planning

Rue de Maubeuge → hasUrbanPlanningStyle → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ

Rue La Fayette → hasArchitecturalStyle → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ

Gros-Caillou quarter → hasCharacteristic → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ

Boulevard Beaumarchais → hasUrbanCharacteristic → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Haussmannian buildings

Opéra district → knownFor → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ

Paris skyline → hasArchitecturalStyle → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ

Auteuil → hasArchitecturalStyle → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ

UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Site of Lyon → hasComponent → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ

subject surface form: Historic Site of Lyon

this entity surface form: classical and Haussmannian Presqu’île

Quartier Saint-Georges → hasArchitecturalStyle → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ

Passy quarter → hasFeature → Haussmannian architecture ⓘ