Antoine Courtens

Antoine Courtens, born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode on 13 March 1899 and died in Brussels on 21 June 1969, was the son of the painter Franz Courtens and the brother of the sculptor Alfred Courtens. He built the Hôtel Haerens on Avenue Brugmann (1928-1931) and the Électrorail headquarters on Rue de l'Association (1930-1931). He designed the Palais de la Folle Chanson on Boulevard Général Jacques in Ixelles (1928). In 1939, for Baron Empain, he built the Pro Juventute holiday home "Air et Soleil" in Oostduinkerke (Koksijde), now protected.

Translated from the French original.