This building is considered the masterpiece of Lavirotte. You can only imagine the richness and grace of the decoration, as usually very heavy but also very voluptuous. Every inch of the facade is tiled with ceramic by Alexandre Bigot (the same who tiled Hotel Ceramic).
The imposing front door, much nicer of the one seen in Square Rapp, 3 made scandal. It is crowned by a woman's head (the story goes this was Lavirotte's wife) and Adam and Eve, naked, banned from Eden. The door itself is a real explosion of wood and iron working, with a very organic touch, typical of Lavirotte.

Now.. thanx to Thierry, I can just add another big scandal on the front door. Look for a giant, upside down penis.. so the aforementioned "very organic touch" gets a whole new meaning..

 

Paris was for me (highlight) a little bit disappointing. Many impressive buildings, but the amount of Art Nouveau architecture is in a relative way reduced. The world wide known Metro entrances of course, but for quantity you really should go to Nancy. Nevertheless there were some beauties. I never saw a so richly decorated and yet harmonious building as the house on Avenue Rapp 29. Let the pictures speak for themselves.