Victor Horta
Horta Museum
- ArchitectVictor Horta
- PhotographerMaxime Delvaux
ANDREA LARSSON The Horta House Museum in Brussels is fantastic and stands out as one of the city’s truly unique Art Nouveau houses. I love Art Nouveau, and this house offers a very special experience of the style, full of remarkable details.
The Horta House
The Horta House was designed and built between 1898 and 1901 by the Belgian architect Victor Horta, one of the leading figures of the Art Nouveau movement. It was both his private home and his architectural studio, where he lived and worked. The building showcases all the hallmarks of Art Nouveau—flowing organic lines, natural light, intricate ironwork, stained glass, mosaics, and custom-designed furniture.
The house is remarkable because it wasn’t just about exterior beauty—Horta designed every detail inside, from door handles to furniture, creating a complete, immersive work of art.
Today, it’s preserved as the Horta Museum, and since 2000 it has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with several other Horta townhouses in Brussels.
