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Forest — from Avenue Victor Rousseau to Boulevard Van Haelen
From Avenue Victor Rousseau and Avenue Jupiter to Boulevard Guillaume Van Haelen, this walk links nine Art Deco houses and apartment buildings in Forest built between 1922 and 1937. Along the way are a house by François Van Meulecom (1922), Marcel Spittael’s Maison Delire (1931), houses by Paul Hamesse (1925), Gaston Brunfaut (1927) and Lucien François (1929), Charles Dewys’s Résidence Bel Horizon (1937), buildings by Fernand Meert and Joseph Vanderstraeten on Avenue Massenet and a house by J. Purnelle (1928).
9 stops · Duration 2h15 · Distance 2 km
Maison Art déco, avenue Victor Rousseau 90
Art Deco town house by the architect Lucien François, 1929, part of a homogeneous row of town houses running from no.
Maison Delire, avenue Victor Rousseau 68-70
Art Deco town house by the architect Marcel Spittael, 1931, part of a homogeneous row of town houses running from no.
Maison Art déco, avenue Jupiter 63
Art Deco raised-ground-floor house signed by the architect Gaston Brunfaut, 1927.
Maison Art déco, avenue Jupiter 87
Art Deco town house of asymmetrical composition, built in 1925 by the architect Paul Hamesse.
Résidence Bel Horizon
Art Deco apartment building, signed and dated 1937 by the architect Charles Dewys and built for the Comptoir National des Matériaux.
Immeuble à appartements Art déco, avenue Massenet 28
Art Deco apartment building erected in 1936 by the architect Joseph Vanderstraeten, within a homogeneous row of buildings in the same style running from no.
Maison Art déco, avenue Massenet 18
Art Deco town house signed by the architect Fernand Meert, 1931.
Maison bourgeoise Art déco, boulevard Guillaume Van Haelen 108-110
Art Deco town house with an asymmetrical composition, designed by the architect J.
Maison bourgeoise Art déco, boulevard Guillaume Van Haelen 8
Art Deco town house designed by the architect François Van Meulecom in 1922.
Translated from the French original.