Monday 17 May 2010

Maisons à Montreuil

Typical houses of residential Montreuil neighbourhood.

34 comments:

Clueless in Boston said...

Very nice looking houses and an interesting way to shoot them. Have a great week.

tapirgal said...

Typical style? Totally amazing. Are the old, or are they being built currently with an historic look? I like the trend here. At least we've gotten over much of the horrible architecture of the 50s, 60s and 70s.

Lowell said...

These are gorgeous, Ciel. Incredible facades. I'll bet they are expensive, though!

Chattahoochee Valley Daily said...

Interesting and decorative design elements on them.

Tammie Lee said...

oh, look at these, the brick work and roofs are wonderful!

Paula said...

This is a very nice typical! I especially like the detailing on those roofs.

T. Becque said...

Wow, that's typical?! It's very pretty. Is this neighborhood unusual from other neighborhoods, or why is this style typical for it?

Woody said...

If that's typical, I'd like to see how the non-typical people live :-)
I love the brickwork. The roof appears to be slate, so I'm guessing they are pretty old (here in the US you rarely see new slate roof's). The cornerstones look very fresh, perhaps recently painted? Did I mention I like the photograph too? I could stare at the details for hours.

EG CameraGirl said...

I like the brickwork!

Bob Crowe said...

The buildings look like they are raring back and ready to strike something. I fear for the delicate brickwork.

Dave said...

Some good examples of the bricklayers skill here.

Olivier said...

superbe cette maison en pierre, toute une époque, j'adore

VP said...

If these are typical I'll be back in Versailles next summer...

Bergson said...

les maçons ne construisent plus de maison aussi compliquée ; il faut dire qu'il ont déjà joué au lego tout petit

Cergie said...

Ah ! Montreuil où ma fille a eu une chambre chez l'habitant dans une maison de ce type ! C'était pas bien grand, un peu maison à l'anglaise, mais très sympa.
Le cadrage incliné accentue l'effet de répétition qui fait le charme du quartier.

Leslie D. said...

I've never seen anything like this. Fascinating! I'll be "Googling" Montreuil soon to get the scoop on the architecture.

Catherine said...

On ne doit pas parler du même Montreuil :-) J'retrouve pas l'architecture

brattcat said...

What a neighborhood! I would love to explore these streets.

Malyss said...

J'aime bien ces vieilles maisons! j'ai toujours envie de voir comment c'est aménagé à l'interieur, notamment dans les petites tours..Et c'est très nordiste comme architecture par rapport à ici.

Malyss said...

PS: et c'est trop mimi les petites étoiles quand on bouge la souris!!ça fait magique!Ü

Halcyon said...

On ne voit pas trop de maisons en brique en France. Elles sont jolies.

Louis la Vache said...

«Louis» remembers that Montreuil has a distinctive style of architecture as witnessed by these houses.

cieldequimper said...

@ all wondering about these houses: they are only partly brick, the rest is meulière stone (for more info click on the label "meulière" beneath the post.

These meulière houses, mostly built at the turn of the last century, are pretty common in Montreuil neighbourhood which was a rural part of Versailles before the city's expansion East began. So yes, they are quite typical but not all of them have such pretty details and turrets.

Suburban Girl said...

All those angles make for an interesting shot.

stromsjo said...

I'm with Rebecca. All those lines and angles, what a pleasant place to let the mind wander astray. Well snapped!

Loree said...

Very interesting architecture.

SFBakstad said...

That's some fun and kinda quirky architecture! Great colors!

Small City Scenes said...

I like these houses. Beautiful color. MB

Marie-Noyale said...

Tant de recherches dans les details.
Les temps sont revolus pour de si jolies constructions!

Sharon said...

Love the turrets! These are very pretty.

Sharon

Rob Siemann said...

Tres sympa. Ca fait assez anglais, en fait.

Cezar and Léia said...

ohmigod Ciel!!! This place is adorable and I LOVED the angle in this shot, perfect capture!
Léia

Unknown said...

These are gorgeous! Great shot!

Dina said...

So unusual. Each part unique.