Antwerp
Antwerp — Zurenborg, interwar Art Deco houses and apartment buildings
In Zurenborg, whose Berchem section has been protected as an urban site since 1980, Uitbreidingstraat, Velodroomstraat, Generaal Van Merlenstraat and Transvaalstraat bring together Art Deco houses and apartment buildings put up between 1922 and 1928. Robert Soebert, Raymond Ceurvorst, Gust. Claassens, François Dens, the Bouw- en Woningbank and Alfons Van Braekel, who designed his own house here, work with oriels, bow windows, white stone, bluestone or red brick and Art Deco wrought iron.
8 stops · Duration 1h45 · Distance 0,5 km
Immeuble à appartements Art déco, Uitbreidingstraat 566 — Anvers
Designed in 1924 by the architect Robert Soebert for Suzanne Klecker, this apartment building is in the Art Deco style.
Appartements Art déco Berchem
An apartment building designed in 1925 in the Art Deco style by the architect Robert Soebert for Willem De Vries, an Antwerp diamond dealer.
Maison Art déco, Velodroomstraat 64 — Anvers
A wide Art Deco town house built around 1922 by the Bouw- en Woningbank for Lebrun.
Maison Art déco, Velodroomstraat 38 — Anvers
A town house in a restrained Art Deco style, built around 1927 for Georges Geens, who lived in Zurenborg.
Immeuble à appartements Art déco, Velodroomstraat 34
This large, stately Art Deco apartment house was built around 1928 for Max Rabstein, who lived nearby in the Generaal Capiaumontstraat.
Maison Art déco, Velodroomstraat 22 — Anvers
A building file was submitted in 1928 for this Art Deco house, commissioned by Sam Ehrman and designed by the architect Gust.
Maison de l'architecte Alfons Van Braekel — Anvers
In 1927 the architect Alfons Van Braekel designed a house for himself in Zurenborg, in a restrained Art Deco style.
Maison à appartements Art déco, Transvaalstraat 10 — Anvers
Around 1926, C. Schroeyers, an investor from Lier, had this small apartment house built in the Transvaalstraat to a design by François Dens.
Translated from the French original.