Design for a Standard House: Garden Facade

This architectural drawing by Hector Guimard presents the garden-facing elevation of a mass-producible residential dwelling. The design demonstrates the Art Nouveau master's systematic approach to middle-class housing, featuring simplified brick facades with regular fenestration, horizontal banding, and modest ornamentation. Annotations in French identify structural elements—lintels, jambs, cornices—and establish precise measurements for reproducibility. Guimard's shift from ornamental Metro entrances toward standardized domestic architecture reflects early twentieth-century efforts to address housing shortages through rational design principles. The elevation reveals the designer's continued interest in material honesty and geometric clarity while addressing practical construction and economy.