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Le château en bref
Sauerländer House, at No. 89 Laurenzenvorstadt in Aarau, is a large Neoclassical building of three storeys, erected between 1831 and 1834 for the bookseller and printer Heinrich Remigius Sauerländer. Its street front has seven bays, five on the short side, and a tall, slightly broken hipped roof. The volume, almost devoid of ornament, derives its effect from the balance of its proportions; only a pilastered portal marks the central axis. Inside, the three-flight staircase, supported by quarter-circle piers and Doric columns, is the most remarkable feature; a white faience Empire stove survives. A Neo-Renaissance annex with a loggia was added to the east in 1905. The house was the seat of a major Swiss publishing house, which left the premises in 2004. The building has been protected by the canton since 1963 and by the Confederation since 2014.