Oudenaarde

Gilbert Decordier and Art Deco in Oudenaarde

In Oudenaarde, the architect Gilbert Decordier designed an Art Deco corner house in 1937 and, in 1938, his own house in the Nieuwe Zakelijkheid (New Objectivity) style. The route adds an Art Deco house by Aimé De Wulf and the American monument of 1937.

4 stops · Duration 1h15 · Distance 1,5 km

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1. Art-decowoning Devosstraat — Oudenaarde

   Aimé De Wulf · 1935

   Art Deco house in orange-red brick, signed by Aimé De Wulf of Zwijnaarde and dating from the interwar period.

2. Hoekhuis Art déco Grachtschelde — Oudenaarde

   Gilbert Decordier · 1937

   Art Deco brick corner house in Oudenaarde, designed in 1937 by Gilbert Decordier.

3. Maison personnelle Decordier — Oudenaarde

   Gilbert Decordier · 1938

   The architect Gilbert Decordier's own house in Oudenaarde (1938), in the New Objectivity (nieuwe zakelijkheid) style.

4. American Battle Monument — Oudenaarde

   Harry Sternfeld · 1937

   A memorial inaugurated in 1937 by the American Battle Monuments Commission in memory of the American soldiers killed in the First World War.

Translated from the French original.