Paris Opera House

Palais Garnier

Site Plan

Orientation

Opera House Plan

Grand Foyer

Grand Staircase

Stair Well

Stage

Comparison of Volume

Metal Construction

Form

Entrance for The Emperor

Characteristics of Beaux arts

• Flat roof

• Hierarchy of spaces, from "noble spaces"—grand entrances and staircases— to utilitarian ones

• Arched windows

• Arched and pedimented doors

• Classical details

• Symmetry

• Statuary,

• Classical architectural details

• Subtle polychromy

References

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Garnier

• Architecture 13 of 23 Charles Garnier The Opera Garnier youtube

• A global history of architecture by francis D. K ching

• A history of building types by Nicolaus Pevsner