Antwerp

Antwerp — Jan Van Rijswijcklaan and Arthur Goemaerelei, Art Deco houses and apartment buildings

Between Jan Van Rijswijcklaan, Arthur Goemaerelei and the neighbouring streets, this walk brings together town houses, rental houses, apartment buildings and a church, built between 1920 and 1941. Façades with oriels, often in natural stone, and the bow window of the Jussiant house display an Art Deco that is by turns floral and geometric, alongside the tall concrete-framed buildings of François Dens or of Edouard Bilmeyer and Henry Claes. Jef Huygh's Saint Lawrence church, with its copper dome, adds an Art Deco inspired by the Byzantine style.

9 stops · Duration 2h30 · Distance 3 km

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1. Immeuble à appartements Broeckx, Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 1-3 — Anvers

   François Dens · 1928

   Art Deco apartment building designed in 1928 by the architect François Dens for August Broeckx en C°, on the corner of Karel Oomsstraat, and built by the contractor P.

2. Maison Podevijn — Anvers

   Victor Vermeulen & M. Podevijn · 1928

   Art Deco town house built for the widow J.

3. Immeuble Mansio — Anvers

   Edouard Bilmeyer & Henry Claes · 1932

   An Art Deco apartment building on the corner of Harmoniestraat and Lange Lozanastraat, designed in December 1931 by the architects Edouard Bilmeyer and Henry Claes and built in 193

4. Église Saint-Laurent, Van Schoonbekestraat 155 — Anvers

   Jef Huygh · 1941

   Parish church on a central plan, built in 1932-1941 to a design by Jef Huygh, winner of the competition, in an Art Deco style inspired by the Byzantine style.

5. Maisons de rapport Art déco, Van Putlei 7-7A — Anvers

   Jos Stevens (entrepreneur, attribution) & Frans Stevens (entrepreneur, attribution) · 1920

   Ensemble originally made up of three linked multi-family houses in sober Art Deco, built under a 1920 permit application by the contractors Jos and Frans Stevens for Jan Van Gelder

6. Huis Jussiant

   Jan Van Hoenacker, John Van Beurden & Jos Smolderen · 1924

   An Art Deco town house designed in 1924 by Van Hoenacker, Van Beurden and Smolderen (partners since 1920, at first active in the reconstruction of the Westhoek) for Cléomir Jussian

7. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, Arthur Goemaerelei 79

   Adolphe Van Coppernolle · 1923

   Restrained Art Deco town house built for the client Cerchel to a 1923 design by the architect Adolphe Van Coppernolle; a pseudo-mansard was added in 1933.

8. Maison Steurbaut

   Jan Jacobs · 1923

   Art Deco town house built for Arthur Steurbaut to a 1923 design by the architect Jan Jacobs.

9. Maison Pieters — Anvers

   Joseph Somers · 1926

   Restrained Art Deco mansion built for John Pieters to a 1926 design by the architect Joseph Somers (inscription), the first of the series of Art Deco urban villas that shape the extended Jan Van Rijswijcklaan.

Translated from the French original.