Ghent

Ghent — from Paul de Smet de Naeyerplein to Burggravenlaan, through the Miljoenenkwartier

In Ghent, this route brings together twelve houses from 1924 to 1930. It starts on Paul de Smet de Naeyerplein, with Oscar Vandenhoeck’s Villa Overfeldt (1927), one of the first buildings of the Miljoenenkwartier, for which he also designed the stained glass and furniture, and Marin Braeckman’s Villa G. Naeyaert (1930). It then passes Geo Henderick’s Villa Berteloot (1929), in decorative brickwork close to the Amsterdam School, P. Vandevelde’s house (1929) with a continuous oriel, G. De Groote’s E. Schelfhout house (1930), whose interior retains 1930s wall paintings, and Jules Lippens’s R. Van Damme house (1928). Via a house by Oscar Vandenhoeck on Krijgslaan (1926), it reaches Burggravenlaan: G. W. Hombrecht’s corner house (1924), which its corner dome links, according to the inventory record, to so-called “Beaux-Arts” architecture, then two houses by Jules Lippens (1925 and 1927) and two by Oscar Vandenhoeck (1925). Five of these houses are protected monuments.

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

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1. Villa Overfeldt — Gand

   Oscar Vandenhoeck · 1927

   House in the Art Deco style designed by Oscar Vandenhoeck and built in 1927, one of the earliest buildings in the Miljoenenkwartier; the architect also designed its stained glass and furniture.

2. Villa G. Naeyaert — Gand

   Marin Braeckman · 1930

   An Art Deco villa of 1930, designed by Marin Braeckman, with three unequal bays and two storeys under a combined mansard and gabled roof.

3. Villa Berteloot — Geo Henderick

   Geo Henderick · 1929

   Villa in decorative brick close to the Amsterdam School, signed "G.

4. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, Vaderlandstraat 19 — Gand

   P. Vandevelde & Pieter Nevejans (entrepreneur) · 1929

   Art Deco terraced house, signed "P. Vandevelde, architect, P.

5. Maison E. Schelfhout — Gand

   G. De Groote · 1930

   Brick terraced house built for E. Schelfhout to a 1930 design by G.

6. Maison R. Van Damme — Gand

   Jules Lippens · 1928

   A town house with a rendered Art Deco facade, signed by the architect Jules Lippens and dated 1928.

7. Maison Art déco, Krijgslaan 57 — Gand

   Oscar Vandenhoeck · 1926

   Art Deco terraced house designed in 1926 by the architect O.

8. Maison d'angle Art déco, Burggravenlaan 112-115 — Gand

   Guillaume Hombrecht · 1924

   Art Deco corner house of three storeys on a wedge-shaped plot, dated 1924 by archival records and designed by the architect G.

9. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, Burggravenlaan 244 — Gand

   Jules Lippens · 1927

   Single-bay, three-storey house under a flat roof, designed by the architect Jules Lippens according to the façade inscription and dated 1927 by archival records.

10. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, Burggravenlaan 245 — Gand

    Oscar Vandenhoeck · 1925

    Three-storey house under a flat roof, designed by the architect O.

11. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, Burggravenlaan 247-249 — Gand

    Jules Lippens · 1925

    Wide-fronted house of two bays and three storeys under a pitched roof, designed by the architect J.

12. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, Burggravenlaan 250 — Gand

    Oscar Vandenhoeck · 1925

    House over a cellar, of two bays and two storeys under a flat roof, designed by the architect O.

Translated from the French original.