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From the Marolles to Ixelles — civic and private Art Deco

From the Sablon to Saint-Gilles and Ixelles, this route links public Art Deco — François Malfait’s school and Jean-Baptiste Dewin’s Saint-Pierre hospital — with the former Hoguet clothing workshop, the Wielemans town house and the former Droit Humain temple.

5 stops · Duration 1h45 · Distance 3,5 km

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1. Maison Hoguet

   Georges Ligo · 1929

   The former Hoguet clothing workshop, built in 1929 by the architect Georges Ligo (the façade is signed "Ligo G / arch 1929").

2. Hôpital Saint-Pierre

   Jean-Baptiste Dewin · 1935

   Saint-Pierre University Hospital, designed by Jean-Baptiste Dewin between 1926 and 1935 and occupying numbers 296A to 322 of rue Haute.

3. Athénée Robert Catteau

   François Malfait · 1927

   School of the City of Brussels built by François Malfait from 1923 to 1927 on the site of the former Minimes convent.

4. Hôtel Wielemans

   Adrien Blomme · 1926

   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.

5. Ancien temple du Droit Humain (La Loge)

   Fernand Bodson & Louis Van Hooveld · 1935

   Former temple of the mixed-gender Masonic order Le Droit Humain, on Rue de l'Ermitage in Ixelles, built in 1934-1935 by Fernand Bodson and Louis Van Hooveld.

Translated from the French original.