Arras
Arras — Art Deco façades, from Place du Maréchal-Foch to Rue Saint-Aubert
This walk brings together twelve Art Deco buildings in Arras built between 1920 and 1932. Most are commercial buildings rebuilt after the destruction of the First World War, often subject to street-alignment orders. It starts at the former Schlosser garage on Rue Pasteur (1929) and Georges Trassoudaine’s corner building on Place du Maréchal-Foch (1926), intended for a branch of the Julien Damoy grocery chain, then reaches Eugène Arend’s shop-house on Rue Wacquez-Glasson (1923-1926) and the white store with its rounded corner on Rue du Cardinal (1931). On Rue Désiré-Delansorne stand the buildings by Julien Wirton and by André Teppe and Pierre Lavanant (1929). It ends on Rue Saint-Aubert, with the façades by Oscar Pollet (1932, the former Aux planteurs de Caiffa grocery), Julien Wirton (1928-1929), Paul Dupuis and Albert Picy (1929), where a glazed stoneware gargoyle recalls the original fishmonger’s, Jean Lacoste (1926), René Trubert (1920-1924) and Henri Chantriaux and Maillet (1923-1927), built by Arras contractors such as Oscar Vandecasteele.
12 stops · Duration 2h45 · Distance 1,5 km
Ancien garage Schlosser — Arras
This car repair garage was built in 1929, the date inscribed on its pediment.
Immeuble Art déco, place du Maréchal-Foch 6 — Arras
This corner building was built in 1926 to plans by the Arras architect Georges Trassoudaine, whose signature and the date appear on the facade.
Maison à boutique Art déco, rue Wacquez-Glasson 2 — Arras
The previous building, built around 1750, was destroyed by bombing during the First World War.
Magasin de commerce Art déco, rue du Cardinal 7 — Arras
Partly destroyed during the First World War, the building was the subject in 1923 of a first, classical reconstruction project drawn up by the architect Georges Guenot, which was not carried out.
Maison de commerce Art déco, rue Désiré-Delansorne 14 — Arras
The previous commercial building was completely destroyed by bombing during the First World War.
Immeuble Art déco, rue Désiré-Delansorne 37 — Arras
This building replaces a commercial building destroyed during the First World War and subject to a street-alignment order.
Maisons à boutique Art déco, rue Saint-Aubert 18-20 — Arras
These two shop-houses, which housed the Aux planteurs de Caiffa grocery, were damaged during the First World War and then subject to a street-alignment order.
Maison à boutique Art déco, rue Saint-Aubert 22 — Arras
Damaged during the First World War, this commercial building used as a pastry shop was repaired between 1919 and 1924.
Maison de commerce Art déco, rue Saint-Aubert 19 — Arras
The present building dates from 1929; it replaces a building damaged during the First World War and then subject to a street-alignment order in 1923.
Maison à boutique Art déco, rue Saint-Aubert 25 — Arras
Partly destroyed during the First World War, the building was the subject of a first reconstruction project in 1923, whose street section was demolished when the shopping streets were realigned.
Maisons à boutique Art déco, rue Saint-Aubert 36 — Arras
The previous commercial building was destroyed by bombing during the First World War.
Maison à boutique Art déco, rue Saint-Aubert 62 — Arras
A first building used as a tavern, built in 1850, was destroyed by bombing during the First World War.
Translated from the French original.