Antwerp · residential
Immeuble à appartements Art déco, Leopoldstraat 21 — Anvers
- Architect
- Vincent Cols, Jules De Roeck
- Date
- 1923 (begun 1922)
- Type
- residential
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Antwerp
- Status
- inventoried
- Address
- Leopoldstraat 21 / Willem Tellstraat 1, 2000 Antwerpen
An Art Deco apartment building at the corner of Leopoldstraat and Willem Tellstraat, built for the widow L. Cavents to a 1922 design by the architects Vincent Cols and Jules De Roeck. Originally planned with a mansard roof and gables, it was given during construction, in 1923, an attic storey under a flat roof and polygonally finished projecting bays. The red brick and white stone facade, articulated by pilasters, emphasises the corner and the entrance bay, both crowned by polygonal gables with volutes, while reliefs, bead mouldings and medallions reinforce its Art Deco character. The ground floor held a shop and offices, and each of the three upper floors two apartments.
Translated from the French original.
Sources
Other works by Vincent Cols & Jules De Roeck
- Century Center (ancien Century Hotel) — Anvers Antwerp · 1929
- Ancienne biscuiterie Le Drapeau (Tabalux) — Anvers Antwerp · 1923
- Villa de l'architecte Vincent Cols — Anvers Antwerp · 1922