Brussels · residential
Le Foyer Saint-Gillois, chaussée de Forest et rue Gisbert Combaz
- Architect
- François Van Meulecom
- Date
- 1927
- Type
- residential
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Brussels
- Status
- inventoried
- Address
- Chaussée de Forest 208-220 / Rue Gisbert Combaz 1-5, 1060 Saint-Gilles
A group of five Art Deco housing blocks built on the corner of rue Gisbert Combaz for the cooperative society Le Foyer saint-gillois, signed "F(rançois) van Meulecom, arch, 1927". The six-storey elevations, in red brick enlivened with white imitation stone and bluestone, are punctuated by curved oriels that light the stairwells and carry terraces. The corner building follows the curve of the streets; its shopfronts were altered in 1935 by the architect Éloi Drake.
Translated from the French original.
Sources
Other works by François Van Meulecom
- Maison bourgeoise, rue Timmermans 66 Brussels · 1924
- Immeuble à appartements, boulevard de la Cambre 47-49 Brussels · 1924
- Ancienne fabrique de chaussures Frans Fils Brussels · 1927
- Maisons, avenue Ducpétiaux 127-129 Brussels · 1922
- Maison et magasin, rue Américaine 42 Brussels · 1922
- Hôtel particulier, avenue Molière 192 Brussels · 1928