Maison Pauwels — Anvers

Spacious town house with an office, in a style that reconciles Art Deco with brick modernism, designed in 1935 by René Nuyens for Jan Pauwels. The flat-brick façade, two bays wide with two storeys under a tiled roof, relies on a strong play of volumes: the expressive red-brick ground floor, with a semicircular oriel flanking the recessed entrance under a wide basket-handle opening, contrasts with the set-back brown-brick upper floor. The garage inserted in 1961 and the plastic cladding of the balcony have weakened the design. It is recorded in the Flemish architectural heritage inventory.

Translated from the French original.