Brussels-Capital
Brussels-Capital — Art Deco across the Region
This route brings together interwar buildings in several municipalities of the Region: Victor Horta’s Palais des Beaux-Arts, Michel Polak’s Villa Empain, Joseph Diongre’s Flagey in Ixelles, Adrien Blomme’s Wielemans hotel and brewery, the Athénée Catteau and the Van Buuren villa in Uccle.
7 stops · Duration full day · Distance Bruxelles
Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR)
A founding masterpiece of Belgian Art Deco, designed by Victor Horta for the Palais des Beaux-Arts at the initiative of mayor Adolphe Max and the music-loving banker Henry Le Bœuf.
Villa Empain (Fondation Boghossian)
A temple of Brussels Art Deco, commissioned in 1930 by Baron Louis Empain from Michel Polak and his partner Alfred Hoch.
Flagey (ancienne Maison de la Radio / INR)
A masterpiece of the Brussels "ocean liner" style, nicknamed "the Paquebot" for a silhouette recalling a ship moored on the edge of the Ixelles ponds.
Hôtel Wielemans
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.
Ancienne brasserie Wielemans-Ceuppens (WIELS)
Modernist brewhouse built in 1930 by Adrien Blomme, architect to the Wielemans family, in one of the most modern breweries in Europe.
Athénée Robert Catteau
School of the City of Brussels built by François Malfait from 1923 to 1927 on the site of the former Minimes convent.
Musée & Jardins van Buuren
An Art Deco villa built in 1928 by the architects Léon Govaerts and Alexandre Van Vaerenbergh for the banker David van Buuren.
Translated from the French original.