Brussels · residential
Immeuble de rapport Art déco, rue Antoine Bréart 159
- Architect
- Charles De Wys
- Date
- 1930
- Type
- residential
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Brussels
- Status
- inventoried
- Address
- Rue Antoine Bréart 159, 1060 Saint-Gilles
Art Deco apartment block built in 1930 and signed by the architect Charles De Wys. On a bluestone base, the brick elevation, partly rendered in imitation stone, has four storeys pierced by rectangular openings with original small-paned frames. The ground floor has four openings with recessed surrounds. The two-bay upper floors are corbelled out on stylised corbels, and their spandrels are enhanced with a fruit-basket motif. The entablature, enlivened by a projection, carries a carved wooden cornice. The building is recorded in the inventory of architectural heritage.
Translated from the French original.
Sources
Other works by Charles De Wys
- Immeuble de commerce et à appartements, quai du Commerce 26 Brussels · 1927
- Maisons Art déco, Weldadigheidsstraat 4-6 — Louvain Leuven · 1924
- Immeuble de rapport Art déco, avenue Henri Jaspar 135-138 Brussels · 1924
- Immeuble à appartements Art déco, rue Antoine Bréart 169 Brussels · 1929
- Maison Art déco, rue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies 154 Brussels · 1932
- Square de la Victoire Brussels · 1935
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- Maison, rue Antoine Bréart 163 20 m
- Immeuble de rapport et de commerce, chaussée d’Alsemberg 129 30 m
- Maison Art déco, rue Antoine Bréart 138 30 m
- Maison Art déco, rue Antoine Bréart 140 40 m
- Maisons Art déco, chaussée d'Alsemberg 109-113 50 m
- Immeuble à appartements Art déco, rue Antoine Bréart 169 50 m