Definition: The entire building grows from a single stem

An Art Nouveau urban townhouse facade from around 1900. The facade has no classical columns or pediments; instead, curves grow upwards from the ground: the cast-iron columns on the first floor resemble plant stems, branching into vine-like balcony railings on the second floor, the upper edges of the window frames curve into the silhouette of flower buds, and the roofline undulates and gathers into a flower. Stone, iron, and glass are part of the same growing motion. Avoid: using symmetrical classical columns and triangular pediments, applying plant patterns as decoration on a square facade, creating Art Deco geometric stepped shapes, adding modern aluminum windows and air conditioners.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟一九〇〇年前後的新藝術風格城市街屋立面。立面上沒有古典的柱式與山花,取而代之的是從地面往上生長的曲線:一樓的鑄鐵柱像植物的莖,到了二樓分岔成陽台的藤蔓欄杆,窗框的上緣彎成花苞的輪廓,屋頂線起伏收成一朵花。石材、鐵與玻璃是同一個生長的動作。避免:使用對稱的古典柱式與三角山花、把植物圖案貼在方正的立面上當裝飾、做成裝飾藝術的幾何階梯造型、加入現代的鋁窗與冷氣機。