Haussmann
Paris's grand rebuilder
Haussmann refers to Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809–1891), the French official who oversaw the radical transformation of Paris under Napoleon III.
His urban renewal demolished medieval neighborhoods to create the wide boulevards, uniform façades, and grand public spaces that define central Paris today.
As an adjective, Haussmann or Haussmannian describes this architectural style or similar urban planning: a classic Haussmann building, the Haussmannian boulevards of the Left Bank.
Hereditary nobility prefix
- prefectStudent given official authority
- ParisFrance's chief city
- renovationRestoring to good condition
- arrondissementsFrench municipal districts
Seine · Champs-Élysées · Louvre · Tuileries · Montmartre · flâneur · bourgeoisie
Basic physical systems
- sewersUnderground waste conduits
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
hygiene · zoning · aqueducts · reservoirs · parks
Broad urban roadway
- thoroughfareMain public road
- tree-linedBordered by planted trunks
- promenadeLeisurely public stroll
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
Wealthy influx displacing locals
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- renovationRestoring to good condition
- bourgeoisificationAdoption of middle-class values
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
critique · modernity · preservation · heritage · influence
Deceptive outward appearance
- balconyRaised exterior platform
- corniceOrnamental upper trim
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- uniformityState of being identical
courtyard · ashlar · symmetry · neoclassical
Baron
Hereditary nobility prefix
- prefectStudent given official authority
- ParisFrance's chief city
- renovationRestoring to good condition
arrondissements · Seine · Champs-Élysées · Louvre · Tuileries · Montmartre · flâneur · bourgeoisie
infrastructure
Basic physical systems
- sewersUnderground waste conduits
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
expropriation · hygiene · zoning · aqueducts · reservoirs · parks
avenue
Broad urban roadway
- thoroughfareMain public road
- tree-linedBordered by planted trunks
- promenadeLeisurely public stroll
gentrification
Wealthy influx displacing locals
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- renovationRestoring to good condition
- bourgeoisificationAdoption of middle-class values
speculation · critique · modernity · preservation · heritage · influence
facade
Deceptive outward appearance
uniformity · courtyard · ashlar · symmetry · neoclassical
- ParisEiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre-Dame, Seine, Montmartre
- Belle EpoqueMoulin Rouge, cancan, can-can, absinthe, Art Nouveau
- French ArchitectureVersailles, Louvre, Notre-Dame, Notre Dame, Chartres
- French LuminariesVictor Hugo, Emile Zola, Claude Monet, Louis Pasteur, Gustave Eiffel
- Second EmpireNapoleon III, Second Empire, coup d'etat, Bonapartists, authoritarian rule
- French Architects
HaussmannJane Jacobs
preservationist · incrementalist · adaptive reuse · Prince Charles · infill development
Haussmannpreservationist
Heritage protection advocate
conservationist · historic preservation · William Morris · medievalist · Victor Hugo