Malle-Stevens Street

Between 1926-1927, in the Paris district of Otheus, the famous French architect, Art Deco genius Robert Malle-Stevens (1886-1945) built six private houses on one street. This small street, later named after him, became the embodiment of the architect’s dream of complex development. In construction, metal structures with stained glass windows were used. The houses were intended for people of art and wealthy bourgeois customers. Brothers sculptors Martel occupied the house number 10, pianist Reifenberg lived in the 8th, and in the 12th house settled Malle-Stevens and set up his own workshop.

Despite the fact that Malle-Stevens was more an architect than a designer, he created the interior of each of his buildings himself, as they say to the last screw. Even the projects of benches on the street, lanterns, she carefully considered. Robert Malle-Stevens was also the author of the scenery for many films. His creations are considered classics in cinema, for example, “Inhuman” by Marcel Larbier, “Mysteries of Castle De” by Man Ray. He showed his ideas about the modern city in a series of facades of ideal houses created since 1917 published on 32 pages.

Until now, the houses on Malle Stevens Street retain their original appearance and are a small architectural reserve. The street is declared a monument of architecture.