Kortrijk
Art Deco Kortrijk — from Doorniksesteenweg to Theodoor Sevenslaan
In Kortrijk, this route brings together twelve buildings erected between 1921 and 1936. It starts on Doorniksesteenweg, where Poly Scherpereel signed a house in 1934, then passes Gentiel Van Eeckhoutte’s double house (1935), which contains a doctor’s surgery, Werner Van Spranghe’s 1921 house for V. Glorieux, of the “Miroiteries de Courtrai”, and the former vicarage of the parish of Saint Roch (1929), whose fanlight depicts Christ blessing. It then reaches Beverlaai, with a bourgeois house by Joseph Demeere (1935) and a 1924 villa by the Brussels architect Jean-Baptiste Dewin, then Lucien De Munnynck’s former guild house of the Christen Werkers Verbond (1930) and a former tavern built in 1936 for the Lust brewery. After the thatched villa designed in 1927 by Georges Hobé for Doctor Lauwers, it ends on Sint-Jansplein, with the 1931 villa by the Cologne architect Hermann Faulborn for Doctor E. Lauwers, and in Theodoor Sevenslaan.
12 stops · Duration 3h15 · Distance 4 km
Maison Art déco, Doorniksesteenweg 88 — Courtrai
House of 1934, of three storeys under a flat roof, designed by Poly Scherpereel of Kortrijk in a style the inventory describes as typical Art Deco.
Maison de médecin Art déco, Wagenmakersstraat 77 — Courtrai
Dwelling of 1935 designed by Gentiel Van Eeckhoutte of Waregem.
Maison Art déco, Wagenmakersstraat 4 — Courtrai
An Art Deco house of 1921, built for V. Glorieux of the "Miroiteries de Courtrai" to designs by Werner Van Spranghe (Kortrijk); the Glorieux mirror factory, founded in 1920, stood to the south.
Ancien vicariat de la paroisse Saint-Roch — Courtrai
The former curate's house of the parish of Saint Roch, built in 1929.
Maison bourgeoise Beverlaai 13 — Courtrai
Art Deco town house of 1935 in Kortrijk, designed by Joseph Demeere of Kortrijk.
Villa Beverlaai 10 — Jean-Baptiste Dewin
Detached villa of 1924 in Kortrijk, designed by the Brussels architect Jean-Baptiste Dewin for the widow Beke-Decoene.
Ancienne maison corporative du Christen Werkers Verbond — Courtrai
The former Christen Werkers Verbond building, erected in 1930 to designs by the architect Lucien De Munnynck, who altered one of its bays in 1946.
Ancien estaminet Art déco, Voorstraat 35-37 — Courtrai
A former tavern built in 1936 for the Lust brewery.
Villa du docteur Lauwers (Groeningelaan) — Kortrijk
A large doctor's house in cottage style under a thatched roof, with Art Deco influence, designed in 1927 by Georges Hobé (Brussels) for Dr Lauwers, as the signed base of the vanished garden gate shows.
Maison Art déco, Sint-Jansplein 3
Art Deco house with one door bay and one window bay, designed in 1929 by Juliaan J.
Maison du docteur Lauwers — Courtrai
Villa in German Art Deco style, for which Dr E.
Woonhuis Theodoor Sevenslaan — Kortrijk
Geometric Art Deco house in Kortrijk, designed in 1929 by J.J.
Translated from the French original.