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Adrien Blomme in Brussels

From the Hispano-Moorish Wielemans mansion to the Métropole cinema and its 3,000-seat auditorium, Adrien Blomme designed works in Brussels between Art Deco and modernism: a town house, a brewery, his own house and a villa.

5 stops · Duration full day · Distance 20 km · public transport

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1. Hôtel Wielemans

   Adrien Blomme · 1926

   Town house combining Art Deco and Hispano-Moorish exoticism, commissioned from the architect Adrien Blomme by the brewer Léon Wielemans; Blomme drew his inspiration from a journey to Andalusia and its palaces.

2. Maison Blomme (rectorat ULB)

   Adrien Blomme · 1929

   Adrien Blomme's own house, designed in 1928 and built in 1929 on the corner of Avenue Franklin Roosevelt and Avenue Antoine Depage, with an architecture studio and apartments.

3. Ancienne brasserie Wielemans-Ceuppens (WIELS)

   Adrien Blomme · 1930

   Modernist brewhouse built in 1930 by Adrien Blomme, architect to the Wielemans family, in one of the most modern breweries in Europe.

4. Ancien Cinéma Métropole

   Adrien Blomme · 1932

   The "Palais du Cinéma" of Brussels, inaugurated on 27 October 1932 and designed by Adrien Blomme, assisted by R.

5. Villa Vandevelde

   Adrien Blomme & Yvan Blomme · 1936

   Villa built in 1936 by Adrien and Yvan Blomme for Maurice Vandevelde, director of the Chantiers Houillers, near the Observatory in Uccle.

Translated from the French original.