Kortrijk

Kortrijk — from President Rooseveltplein to Minister Liebaertlaan

In Kortrijk, this route brings together twelve Art Deco buildings from 1926 to 1939. It starts at P. Ongenae’s White Residence (1938-1939), said to be the city’s first apartment building, and a 1929 house by Carlos Beyaert, from Izegem, then follows Graaf de Smet de Naeyerlaan, with two houses by Charles Debels (1926 and 1927) and the Villa Pszczotko (1933). Via Edgar Tinellaan (A. Caesens, 1936), it reaches Kuurnsesteenweg, where Werner Van Spranghe designed two mirror-image houses for himself in 1933 and, in 1934, a house whose bow window takes in a garage. On Minister Liebaertlaan it passes the offices and director’s house built in 1928 by Antoine Van Houtte for the Steverlynck firm (BST), a protected monument since 2003, then a house by J. Lerrie (1929) and another by Werner Van Spranghe (1932), before ending on Vaartstraat at a house by Gustaaf Albers (1932).

12 stops · Duration 3h30 · Distance 4,5 km

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1. Immeuble à appartements White Residence — Courtrai

   P. Ongenae · 1939

   The "White Residence" apartment building, designed by P.

2. Maison Art déco, Beheerstraat 31 — Courtrai

   Carlos Beyaert · 1929

   House with an Art Deco façade designed in 1929 by Carlos Beyaert of Izegem.

3. Maison Art déco, Graaf de Smet de Naeyerlaan 7 — Courtrai

   Charles Debels · 1927

   A double-fronted Art Deco house built in 1927 to a design by the Kortrijk architect Charles Debels.

4. Villa Pszczotko — Courtrai

   Inconnu · 1933

   The Pszczotko villa, a name carried by a façade stone, of 1933, in a style the inventory describes as typical Art Deco.

5. Maison Art déco, Graaf de Smet de Naeyerlaan 61 — Courtrai

   Charles Debels · 1926

   Art Deco house with one door bay and one window bay, designed in 1926 by Charles Debels.

6. Maison Art déco, Edgar Tinellaan 5 — Courtrai

   A. Caesens · 1936

   House of 1936 designed by A. Caesens of Kortrijk.

7. Maisons Art déco, Kuurnsesteenweg 16-18 — Courtrai

   Werner Van Spranghe · 1933

   Two mirror-image Art Deco houses designed in 1933 for and by Werner Van Spranghe (inscription).

8. Maison Art déco, Kuurnsesteenweg 52 — Courtrai

   Werner Van Spranghe · 1934

   An Art Deco house of 1934, designed by Werner Van Spranghe of Kortrijk, with varied materials and colours: red and yellow brick and black façade tiles.

9. Bureaux et maison de directeur BST

   Antoine Van Houtte · 1928

   This office building with a director's house was built in 1928 to a design by Antoine Van Houtte for the Steverlynck firm, as part of the 1928-1929 campaign that also produced the

10. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, Minister Liebaertlaan 29 — Courtrai

    J. Lerrie · 1929

    Art Deco town house of 1929, designed by J.

11. Maison Art déco, Minister Liebaertlaan 21 — Courtrai

    Werner Van Spranghe · 1932

    Art Deco house with one door bay and one window bay, designed in 1932 by Werner Van Spranghe (Kortrijk), with three storeys over a basement under a flat roof.

12. Maison Art déco, Vaartstraat 32 — Courtrai

    Gustaaf Albers · 1932

    Terraced house with an Art Deco façade, designed in 1932 by Gustaaf Albers.

Translated from the French original.