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From Menen to Gullegem — Menen, Wevelgem, Lauwe and Marke

Between Menen, Wevelgem and Kortrijk, this route links eleven Art Deco buildings from 1923 to 1939. In Menen, it starts at the villa designed by E. Vanriet (1935), with an oriel clad in green glazed tiles, and a house whose colourfully faced façade is the work of Gaston Boghemans (1929). In Wevelgem, the Jacqueline and Bianca houses by G. Knockaert (1935) precede a house by the local architect Michel Delrue (1936). In Lauwe, a house of 1937 with a porch with rounded corners and a house by C. Wyseur (1933), with a corner oriel outlined in black terrazzo, lead to Marke, where a house with a shop with stepped gables was built in 1939 to plans by A. Vandenweghe. The route then passes the former meeting centre with chapel of the Wevelgem air base, by Carlos Beyaert (1928), protected since 2005, and ends in Gullegem at a house of 1937, the villa designed by Remi Lemahieu (1933) and the house he designed in 1923 for the sacristan A. Vuylsteke.

11 stops · Duration half day · Distance multi-communes

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1. Villa Art déco, Wervikstraat 192 — Menen

   Ed. Vanriet · 1935

   Art Deco villa of 1935, set back from the street and designed by E.

2. Maison Art déco — Menen

   Gaston Boghemans · 1929

   An Art Deco town house whose 1929 plans altered both the façade and the interior.

3. Maisons Jacqueline et Bianca — Wevelgem

   G. Knockaert · 1935

   Pair of town houses in the Art Deco style, built as mirror images in 1935 to designs by G.

4. Burgerhuis Art déco — Wevelgem

   Michel Delrue · 1936

   Art Deco townhouse built in 1936 in Wevelgem to designs by the local architect Michel Delrue.

5. Maison Art déco, Larstraat 13 — Menen

   Inconnu · 1937

   Art Deco town house in Lauwe, built to a plan of 1937 on which the architect's name is illegible.

6. Maison Art déco, Lauwbergstraat 164 — Menen

   C. Wyseur · 1933

   Art Deco town house built to a 1933 plan by C.

7. Maison Art déco avec magasin, Rekkemsestraat 89 — Courtrai

   Armand Vandenweghe · 1939

   Art Deco house with a storehouse, built in 1939 to designs by A.

8. Salle des fêtes et chapelle Cercle-Leopold-Kring

   Carlos Beyaert · 1928

   A former meeting centre with a chapel for the air base, this building was erected in 1928 to a design by Carlos Beyaert of Izegem for the non-profit "Cercle Militaire de Wevelghem"

9. Maison Art déco, Bissegemstraat 184 — Gullegem

   Inconnu · 1937

   Art Deco house in Gullegem, built to a plan of 1937 and characterised by its yellow-brick facing and play of volumes: on the upper floor, a bay window with a rounded right-hand corner extended by a balcony.

10. Villa Art déco, Heulestraat 100 — Gullegem

    Remi Lemahieu · 1933

    Art Deco villa of 1933 in Gullegem, designed by Remi Lemahieu of Gullegem and dated by a building application kept in the Wevelgem municipal archives.

11. Maison Art déco, Bankstraat 48 — Gullegem

    Remi Lemahieu · 1923

    This Art Deco town house was built in 1923 in Gullegem to designs by Remi Lemahieu for the sexton A.

Translated from the French original.