Villa Art déco, Van Aertselaerstraat 5 — Hoogstraten

Art Deco villa of around 1935, formerly a doctor's house, inspired by a 1932 design by the engineer Henry Alewaerts (Brasschaat) that leaned much more towards the New Objectivity. The four-bay, two-storey double house under a flat roof has a carefully finished façade of brown decorative brickwork, with ground-floor oriels forming a whole with the solid balcony parapets above. The third bay rises into a tower decorated with a bas-relief and sculpture (rod of Asclepius and stork, referring to the client's profession); the original steel windows survive. The building is recorded in the Flemish architectural heritage inventory.

Translated from the French original.