Antwerp
Antwerp-Ekeren — from the Dutch-style villas to Veltwijcklaan
In Ekeren, this route brings together twelve houses from 1927 to 1936. It starts at the block of so-called “Dutch-style” villas, an Art Deco influenced by the Amsterdam School, built from 1930 by the SA Nationaal Grondbezit of the Dutch contractor Willem Sebastiaan Van der Sterre: his own villa (1931), with a bell-shaped roof and a conical chimney, the first of these houses (1930), the only one with which an architect, G. Adriaans, was associated, and two identical villas of 1931. It then passes the Casa Mia villa (1927), a house by Pierre Backer Overbeek (1936) and the De Ruysscher-Reuters villa (1931), built on the model of Van der Sterre’s own, then the semi-detached houses on Frans Standaertlei (1935) and the doctor’s house with a rounded corner that Backer Overbeek designed in 1935. It ends at the house on Korte Bist (1929), signed F. Vernimmen, the “Ons Genoegen” house (1933) and the house on Veltwijcklaan (1927) by Eduard Bilmeyer and Henri Claes.
12 stops · Duration 3h15 · Distance 3,5 km
Villa Van der Sterre — Anvers
Villa in the "Dutch style", an Art Deco idiom influenced by the Amsterdam School, built in Ekeren according to the 1931 building application by the Dutch contractor Willem Sebastia
Villa de style hollandais, Van de Weyngaertlei 64 — Anvers
Modest villa in the "Dutch style", an Art Deco idiom influenced by the Amsterdam School, built in Ekeren by NV Nationaal Grondbezit, the firm of the Dutch contractor Willem Sebastiaan Van der Sterre.
Villa de style hollandais, Maria-Theresialei 1 — Anvers
Modest villa in the "Dutch style", an Art Deco idiom influenced by the Amsterdam School, built in Ekeren for NV Nationaal Grondbezit, the firm of the Dutch contractor Willem Sebast
Villa de style hollandais, Van De Weyngaertlei 62 — Anvers
Modest villa in the so-called Dutch style — Art Deco influenced by the Amsterdam School — built to a 1931 design for the company Nationaal Grondbezit, the firm of the Dutch contractor Willem Sebastiaan Van der Sterre.
Villa Casa Mia — Anvers
Modest Art Deco villa of a rare type, named "Casa Mia", built in Ekeren for Alphonse Vandemeulebroucke to a 1927 design by Van Laarhoven.
Villa Art déco, Oudstrijderslei 9 — Anvers
Art Deco house of 1936, built for a certain J.B.O.
Villa de style hollandais, Oudstrijderslei 11 — Anvers
Villa in the so-called "Dutch style", an Art Deco idiom influenced by the Amsterdam School, built in Ekeren by NV Nationaal Grondbezit, the firm of the Dutch contractor Willem Sebastiaan Van der Sterre, to a 1931 design.
Maisons jumelées Art déco, Frans Standaertlei 2-4 — Anvers
Symmetrical pair of semi-detached Art Deco town houses, built for Hendrik Vervoort under a 1935 building permit; the inventory names no architect.
Maison de médecin Bortels — Anvers
Doctor's house with surgery in a sober Art Deco style, built for the physician Constant Bortels to a 1935 design by the architect Pierre Backer Overbeek, in Ekeren.
Maison Art déco, Korte Bist 24 — Anvers
Town house in a "zakelijk" (functional) Art Deco style, built for P.
Maison Ons Genoegen — Anvers
Town house "Ons Genoegen" (name inscribed on the façade), built for Mathijsen to a 1933 design by Cuypers in the Art Deco style.
Maison Art déco, Veltwijcklaan 97 — Anvers
Art Deco town house built for Leo Kuylen to a 1927 design by the architects Eduard Bilmeyer and Henri Claes; the left-hand bay was raised later.
Translated from the French original.