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Knokke-Heist

Heist, Duinbergen and Knokke — from Sint-Jozefsstraat to Koningslaan

In Heist, Duinbergen and Knokke, in the municipality of Knokke-Heist, this route brings together nine buildings from 1925 to 1939. It starts at two works by Gustave Bailyu, a house faced with glazed brick (1930) and the shop-house he built for himself in 1928, in white brick, then reaches the Villa Le Castel by the Brussels architect Edouard Beckers (1933), with a loggia on a cigar-shaped column and a tile panel depicting a horseman. In Duinbergen it passes the Church of the Holy Family by Jozef and Luc Viérin and Jules Gunst, consecrated in 1939, a 1934 villa combining Art Deco and modernism, set on a round terrace, the semi-detached villa Eb en vloed and La Mascotte (1935), the 1934 semi-detached villas on Jozef Nellenslaan and Les Roches Fleuris and L’Etoile du Nord (1925), with round brick oriels. It ends in Knokke, on Koningslaan, at the semi-detached villa Bonne Mère and Bon Père (1931) by H. Evers, with brick façades of Art Deco design.

9 stops · Duration 3h · Distance 5,5 km

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  1. Maison Art déco, Sint-Jozefsstraat 30 — Heist

    Gustave Bailyu · 1930

    Art Deco town house designed in 1930 by the architect Gustave Bailyu.

  2. Maison de commerce Art déco de Gustave Bailyu, Vlamingstraat 30-32 — Knokke-Heist

    Gustave Bailyu · 1928

    Wide shop-house of three and a half storeys, with pronounced Art Deco forms ("uitgesproken art-deco-vormgeving"), built in 1928 by the architect Gustave Bailyu as his own home.

  3. Villa Le Castel — Knokke-Heist

    Edouard Beckers · 1933

    "Le Castel" is an Art Deco villa designed in 1933 by the Brussels architect Edouard Beckers.

  4. Église de la Sainte-Famille — Knokke-Heist

    Jozef Viérin, Luc Viérin & Jules Gunst · 1939

    Church dedicated to the Holy Family, built to designs by the architects Jozef and Luc Viérin and Jules Gunst, and executed by the contractor J.

  5. Villa Art déco Rondeweg 3 — Duinbergen

    Inconnu · 1934

    A villa built in 1934 in Duinbergen (Knokke-Heist), whose architect is illegible in the archives, combining Art Deco and modernism.

  6. Villa jumelée Eb en vloed et La Mascotte — Knokke-Heist

    Inconnu · 1935

    "Eb en vloed" and "La Mascotte" form a semi-detached Art Deco villa built in 1935 in Duinbergen; the architect's name is illegible in the building file.

  7. Villas jumelées Art déco, Jozef Nellenslaan 17-19 — Knokke-Heist

    Inconnu · 1934

    Pair of semi-detached villas built in 1934 on the corner of Kruindreef; number 17 bears the name "Zomerweelde".

  8. Villas jumelées Les Roches Fleuris et L'Etoile du Nord — Knokke-Heist

    Inconnu · 1925

    "Les Roches Fleuris" and "L'Etoile du Nord" are two semi-detached Art Deco villas, built in 1925 in the villa district of Duinbergen.

  9. Villas jumelées Bonne Mère et Bon Père — Knokke-Heist

    H. Evers · 1931

    "Bonne Mère" and "Bon Père" form a semi-detached villa built in 1931 to designs by the architect H.

Translated from the French original.