HORTA, Victor
(b. 1861, Gent, d. 1947, Bruxelles)

Maison du Peuple: theatre hall

1896-99
Photo
Musée Horta, Brussels

At the top of the building, inside the high mansard roof, was an auditorium that featured Horta's most successful attempt to combine the ornamental and the structural use of iron: his exposed framework of trussed metal columns angled upwards from the floor to continue as beams across the ceiling, incorporating graceful curves and ornamental elements.