OTYPE=R : epencomplete.txt : 00504 | Brief description of the prize-winning designs in the facade competition held in Paris in 1903. Van Epen's conclusion: "The decidedly modern direction here is generally busy and restless. One does not try to obtain a beautiful whole by calm and simplicity, but by many curved lines in windows and consoles something special. One could then call it "extraordinary" but not "extraordinarily beautiful. In addition, the Frenchman loves to use different materials, which often results in a hodgepodge of hardly harmonious colors."