Immeuble Georges Biet, Architectural monument in Nancy, France

Immeuble Georges Biet is a six-story residential building at 22 rue de la Commanderie combining stone, wrought iron, and stained glass windows. The facade features stepped levels, while the interior includes a spiral staircase and an elevator that was installed in the 1920s.

Georges Biet built the house for himself between 1901 and 1902 with Eugène Vallin, whose ironwork was made by the Limet firm and whose stained glass came from Jacques Grüber. A bombing in October 1917 largely destroyed it, and rebuilding began in 1922. In 1926 the Schindler house of Illzach installed an elevator, and around 1927 Jean Prouvé added a metal structure over the street-side terrace. The street facade and roof were listed as monuments historiques on 15 January 1975.

The building reflects the Art Nouveau style that Nancy became known for, with ornamentation and crafted details visible throughout its interior spaces. The way it was designed shows how architects of that era thought about combining beauty with everyday living.

The building can be viewed from the street, where you can observe the detailed stonework and window designs from ground level. The entrance portal displays craftwork worth stopping to examine closely.

The decorative ironwork, probably drawn by Biet himself, takes the umbellifer flower as its theme, reduced to metal skeletons. The T-irons riveted to roughly cut sheet metal give the gates and balconies a vigour the source calls unequalled.