Galeries Lafayette
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The Galeries Lafayette is a French department store company.
In 1893 Théophile Bader and his cousin Alphonse Kahn opened a fashion store in a small haberdasher's shop at the corner of rue La Fayette and the Chaussée d'Antin, Paris. In 1896, the company purchased the entire building at n°1 rue La Fayette and in 1905 the buildings at n°38, 40 et 42, boulevard Haussmann and n°15 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin.
Théophile Bader commissioned Georges Chedanne and then his pupil Ferdinand Chanut to design the layout of the Haussmann location. A glass and steel dome, and Art Nouveau staircases were built in 1912.
Paris flagship store
The flagship store of Galeries Lafayette in Paris, is a 10-stories department store. It is located at 40, boulevard Haussmann, in the IXe arrondissement.
Berlin store
The Berlin, Germany, store was designed by Jean Nouvel and constructed between 1991 and 1995. It opened in 1996.
