Which Art Nouveau architect invented new structural techniques to allow construction of buildings that are sculpted and organic in form?

A) Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel
B) Joseph Maria Olbrich
C) Henry Hobson Richardson
D) Antonio Gaudí

Art Nouveau

French, “new art.” A late-19th- and early-20th-century art movement whose proponents tried to synthesize all the arts in an effort to create art based on natural forms that could be mass produced by technologies of the industrial age. The movement had other names in other countries: Jugendstil in Austria and Germany, Modernismo in Spain, and Stile Floreale in Italy.

Structural Techniques

Methods or strategies used in architecture and engineering to ensure the stability and durability of a structure.

Antonio Gaudí

A Catalan architect known for his highly individualized and distinctive style, most notably exemplified in the still-incomplete Sagrada Família in Barcelona.