Jules Brunfaut, The Maison Hannon (Hannon House), (Hotel Hannon) in Brussels, Belgium. 1903.
Address: Av. de la Jonction 1, 1060 Saint-Gilles, Belgia
The Maison Hannon is one of the masterpieces of art nouveau in Brussels, uniting Belgian art nouveau with French art nouveau in a symbolist and dreamlike universe. Built on the corner of Avenue Brugmann and Avenue de la Jonction in Saint-Gilles, it was commissioned by the Hannon couple whose name it bears, Marie and Edouard, from their architect friend Jules Brunfaut in 1902.
Thinking about the, possibly apocryphal, story of a theologian asking scientist and biologist J. B. S. Haldane what the various species of animals in the world might tell us about the mind of the creator, to which he responded the divine must have "an inordinate fondness for beetles." I think we should do more theology like this. Let's ask some organic chemists, discrete mathematicians, and civil engineers what their areas of expertise might tell us about the mind of the divine