Ghent

Ghent — from Tentoonstellingslaan to Hertstraat

In Ghent, this route brings together twelve Art Deco buildings from 1923 to 1932. On Tentoonstellingslaan it passes the corner house of the plumbing and heating contractor Charles Meurisse (1925), whose oriel bears his initials, the house and the corner building Charles Hoge designed for Ch. De Potter (application of 1923), the latter in white Silesian brick under a dome, Georges Merlé’s Vander Linden apartment building (1932), whose entrance projection is crowned by a sundial relief, and two 1924 houses with trapezoidal oriels, including the one Jules Van den Hende designed to house part of Albert D’Havé’s staff. It then reaches a house by Jules Lippens (1925) on Hendrik Waelputstraat and the Villa Le Paon (1925), which Emile De Nil designed for his father, then Hofstraat, with a 1929 house whose joinery is largely preserved and two 1930 houses, by Robert Collenaere and by Charles Bar, city architect of Ghent. It ends on Hertstraat at Emiel Hoebeke’s semi-detached houses (1929).

12 stops · Duration 2h45 · Distance 1,5 km

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1. Maison d'angle Art déco avec magasin et atelier, Tentoonstellingslaan 163-165 — Gand

   Inconnu · 1925

   House with shop, office and workshop in the Art Deco style, built under a building application of 1925 for Charles Meurisse, a contractor specialising in plumbing, heating, pumps a

2. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, Tentoonstellingslaan 117 — Gand

   Charles Hoge · 1923

   Art Deco town house built under a building application of 1923, together with its neighbours at nos.

3. Immeuble d'angle Art déco, Tentoonstellingslaan 119 — Gand

   Charles Hoge · 1924

   Art Deco building on the corner of Zebrastraat, designed by architect Charles Hoge for the client Ch.

4. Immeuble à appartements Vander Linden, Tentoonstellingslaan — Gand

   Georges Merlé · 1932

   Art Deco apartment building with two shops on the ground floor, built under a 1932 permit application for Professor Paul Vander Linden to designs by the architect Georges Merlé, wh

5. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, Tentoonstellingslaan 26 — Gand

   Jules Van den Hende · 1924

   Art Deco town house built under a 1924 permit application to the design of the architect Jules Van den Hende, for Albert D'Havé, who intended it to house part of his staff.

6. Maison Art déco, Tentoonstellingslaan 53 — Gand

   Inconnu · 1924

   Art Deco town house built for Mr Bataille according to a 1924 building application.

7. Maison Art déco, Hendrik Waelputstraat 15 — Gand

   Jules Lippens · 1925

   Terraced house of two bays and three storeys, dated 1925 by archival records and designed by the architect J.

8. Villa Le Paon — Gand

   Emile De Nil · 1925

   Small semi-detached villa in the Art Deco style, with a small garden, set at right angles to the street and called "Le Paon" after the inscription and the carved stone on the corner.

9. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, Hofstraat 80 — Gand

   Inconnu · 1929

   This Art Deco town house was built in 1929 for O.

10. Maison Art déco, Hofstraat 78

    Robert Collenaere · 1930

    Art Deco town house designed in 1930, according to the building permit, by the building technician (bouwkundige) Robert Collenaere for G.

11. Maison Art déco, Hofstraat 76

    Charles Bar · 1930

    Art Deco town house designed in 1930 by Charles Bar, city architect of Ghent, for Juliaan Gyselinck-Bar.

12. Maisons jumelées Art déco, Hertstraat 27-29 — Gand

    Emiel Hoebeke · 1929

    Two town houses in a similar Art Deco style, designed in 1929 by the architect Emiel Hoebeke for J.

Translated from the French original.