Which French architect designed the Villa Majorelle in Nancy?

The French architect who designed the Villa Majorelle in Nancy was Henri Sauvage.

Louis Majorelle commissioned Sauvage in 1898 to design a residence beside the furniture workshops he was developing in Nancy. Sauvage was then a young Parisian architect, and the project became one of his earliest major commissions. Lucien Weissenburger collaborated on the work and helped supervise the construction.

Built in 1901–1902, the villa combined architecture, furniture, ceramics, metalwork, stained glass, and interior decoration into a unified Art Nouveau setting. Majorelle designed the furniture and ironwork, while artists including Alexandre Bigot, Jacques Gruber, and Francis Jourdain contributed to the building’s distinctive appearance.

The name creates an obvious trap: Louis Majorelle owned the house and supplied much of its decorative work, but he was not the architect. Hector Guimard was another leading French Art Nouveau architect, best known for Parisian buildings such as Castel Béranger. Émile Gallé was a major Nancy glassmaker and designer, not the architect of this villa. The project helped launch Sauvage’s wider career.