Description
An exceptional apartment in a parisian Art Deco masterpiece
Located in the emblematic stepped building designed by Henri Sauvage and Charles Sarazin and listed as a Historic Monument, this exceptional apartment offers generous volumes, abundant natural light, and refined Art Deco elegance.
An entrance gallery opens onto a 160 sq.m reception area. This space enjoys remarkable brightness thanks to a ceiling height of nearly 3 metres.
The stepped design of the building provides unobstructed views as well as a balcony of almost 13 sq.m, accessible from the living area.
The dining room connects directly to the kitchen, which includes a pantry and a laundry room.
The sleeping area comprises a master suite with a bathroom and dressing room. A corridor leads to two additional bedrooms and a second bathroom. All bedrooms feature large built-in wardrobes, overlook the courtyard, and enjoy absolute tranquillity.
The property is completed by a double cellar.
The status of the apartment allows the installation of a professional practice.
Situated in the heart of Paris’s 6th arrondissement, the stepped building enjoys a rare and privileged location, just a few metres from the Jardin du Luxembourg.
The property benefits from the vibrancy of its neighbourhood and immediate access to all amenities, including shops, schools, and public transport, with the Vavin and Notre-Dame-des-Champs metro stations close by. Its location also provides easy access to Gare Montparnasse.
A legacy of innovation and experimentation
The stepped building, constructed between 1912 and 1914 by Henri Sauvage and Charles Sarazin, marks a turning point in modern Parisian architecture.
Its innovative reinforced concrete structure allows the successive setback of the upper floors. This system creates private terraces and a harmonious visual break from the traditional street alignment, while ensuring light and ventilation within the apartments. The façade, clad in white and blue ceramic tiles, embodies the clean, unornamented aesthetic of Art Deco.
As the first Parisian example of this type, the building illustrates Henri Sauvage’s hygienist principles, including the fight against disease, ventilation, and sunlight, as well as his technical innovations such as condominium ownership. Although initially designed for social housing, it ultimately attracted a bourgeois clientele, becoming a symbol of early 20th-century architectural avant-garde.
With its bright and functional spaces, the apartment continues to embody the ideal of comfort and modernity advocated by its architects.
Henri Sauvage, architect of a different modernity
Henri Sauvage (1873-1932) was a major figure in early 20th-century French architecture. A decorator and architect, he quickly rejected the academicism of his Beaux-Arts training to embrace Art Nouveau, illustrated by the Villa Majorelle in Nancy, before evolving towards Art Deco with emblematic works such as La Samaritaine.
Concerned with hygiene and well-being, Henri Sauvage designed affordable housing and bourgeois apartment buildings in which he experimented with reinforced concrete in line with constructive rationalism. Together with his associate Charles Sarazin, he invented the stepped building system, patented in 1912, to gain space and provide maximum sunlight to the apartments. His work reflects a distinctive and original form of modernity that today occupies a singular place in French architectural heritage.
Infos techniques
Asking price : 4 490 000 €
Agency fees payable by the seller
Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website : www.georisques.gouv.fr
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ENERGY CLASS : E – CLIMATE CLASS : E
Average annual energy costs indexed to 2021, 2022, and 2023 : between 6 460 € and 8 800 € per year, including subscriptions.
