Style guide · 1853 – 1870
Haussmannian
property websites.
Limestone facades, wrought-iron balconies, mansard roofs, parquet floors — the building grammar of nineteenth-century Paris.
The direction
How Haussmannian translates to a property website.
Serif headlines, centred symmetry, ivory and limestone palette, restrained gold accents, classical proportions.
Haussmannian buildings were the result of the 1853–1870 Parisian rebuild led by Baron Haussmann. Their cream limestone facades, regular cornice lines, and ironwork balconies define the visual rhythm of central Paris and have set the bar for residential luxury in continental Europe ever since. A property website in Haussmannian direction leans into that grammar: tall serif headlines, restrained gold accents, and centred symmetry that mirrors the buildings themselves.
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Paris · Brussels · Vienna
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