Les Chardons building, Art Nouveau residential building in 16th arrondissement, Paris, France

Les Chardons is a six-storey corner building at 9 rue Claude-Chahu and 2 rue Eugène-Manuel, with a curved corner and a facade of yellow-ochre and pale-green glazed stoneware. The ground floor has a rusticated stone base and an arched entrance; upper floors have tall windows with wrought-iron balconies, and the top floor sits under a sloping roof with dormer windows. The structure uses Hennebique reinforced concrete.

William Klein built the block in 1900 on land he owned; his son, architect Charles Klein, added the facade in 1903, with ceramics by Émile Muller's firm and ironwork by Dondelinger's workshop. That facade won the City of Paris facade competition in 1903. A decree of 22 April 1986 listed the street facade, roofs, entrance vestibule and staircase with its wrought-iron rail as monuments historiques.

The facade won the City of Paris facade competition in 1903. Its decoration combines glazed stoneware by Émile Muller's firm with ironwork by Auguste Dondelinger's workshop, and the name Les Chardons refers to the thistles modelled in the green ceramic panels between the storeys.

The building sits at the intersection of Rue Claude-Chahu and Rue Eugène-Manuel in a residential neighborhood that is easy to reach. Visitors can view the ceramic details from the street and are welcome to step inside the entrance hall to see the wrought iron railings and staircase.

The facade won the City of Paris facade competition in 1903, the year its ceramic decoration was completed by Émile Muller's firm. The building also appears on screen: scenes from L'Appartement (1996) by Gilles Mimouni and Chéri (2009) by Stephen Frears were shot in front of and inside it.