Exterior view

This Art Nouveau style building, located at 29, avenue Rapp in Paris, was designed in 1900-1901 by architect Jules Lavirotte. The fa�ade is covered with ceramics by the owner of the building, Alexandre Bigot (1862-1927), who worked with most of the great architects of the Art Nouveau style.

The building is considered Lavirotte’s masterpiece, its fa�ade was awarded first prize in the competition of fa�ades of Paris in 1901. The jury was impressed by the masterly application of ceramic tiles both on the fa�ade and inside. But the real appeal of this architecture lies in the manifestation of omnipresent sexual imagery.