Schwabing Art Nouveau Facades

The heavy, carved oak entrance door at Gedonstraße four stands out for its ornate, late-nineteenth-century floral wood carvings that snake around the frame. This building, completed in eighteen ninety-four, was designed by the architect…

Franz Joseph Straße nineteen is a four story apartment building wrapped in the muted, ochre stucco typical of Munich. Its most distinct feature is the pair of rounded, wrought iron balconies that protrude from the second floor like…

The facade of Ainmillerstraße twenty-two features an intricate stucco relief of a woman’s face framed by flowing, stylized hair. This building is a prime example of the Munich Jugendstil movement from the turn of the twentieth century.…

The facade of Hohenzollernstraße twenty-one features a row of distinctive, arched windows on the upper floors and ornate stone carvings that date back to its construction in nineteen hundred and five. This apartment building emerged during…

Römerstraße eleven stands out with its distinct facade, featuring the clean, restrained lines typical of Munich's early twentieth-century residential architecture. Built in nineteen ten, the building originally served as a spacious home…

The facade at Kaiserstraße forty-six features a distinctively ornate, rounded bay window that rises through the central stories of the building. Built in the late nineteenth century, this townhouse reflects the transition from historicist…