Immeuble Lavirotte

Located at 29 Avenue Rapp in Paris’s 7th arrondissement, the Lavirotte Building is an Art Nouveau apartment house by architect Jules Lavirotte. Erected around 1900–1901 for ceramicist Alexandre Bigot, it features an exuberant street façade sheathed in glazed stoneware and ceramic panels from Bigot’s workshops, with sculptural work by Théobald-Joseph Sporrer, Firmin Michelet, Alfred-Jean Halou and Jean‑François Larrivé. The composition centers on a richly carved portal, sinuous balconies and vegetal and zoomorphic motifs. The façade earned a prize in the City of Paris’s 1901 façade competition, and the building’s exterior was later protected as a Monument historique. It remains a residential property; the façade can be viewed from the public street.