Belgium

Lesser-known Art Deco — the rare gems

This itinerary brings together Art Deco buildings from Flanders and Wallonia: the Handelsbank and the Royal Academy in Dendermonde, the socialist Volkshuis and the Spaenhoven house in Sint-Niklaas, the Eperon d’Or shoe factory in Izegem, the Hoffsummer house in Heusy and the Museum of Fine Arts in Tournai.

7 stops · Duration nationwide · Distance multi-villes

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1. Handelsbank Dendermonde

   Jan-Albert De Bondt · 1926

   A former branch of the Handelsbank, a Ghent limited company, for which Jan-Albert De Bondt drew up the plans in 1926.

2. Volkshuis socialiste

   Robert Soebert · 1926

   The Socialist People's House, known as 't Volkshuis, is an Art Deco building designed by the architect Robert Jan Soebert (of Berchem), with a design dated 3 June 1925, for the coo

3. Schoenfabriek Eperon d'Or — Izegem

   Charles Laloo (bâtiments de C. Mullie-Clement) · 1930

   Former "Eperon d'Or" shoe factory, founded in 1863 and based on Prins Albertlaan since 1909; the inventory names C.

4. Maison Hoffsummer

   Albert-Charles Duesberg · 1930

   Villa Hoffsummer, at avenue des Tilleuls 24 in Heusy (Verviers), by the architect Albert-Charles Duesberg.

5. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai

   Victor Horta · 1928

   A work by Victor Horta, the museum shows an Art Nouveau style tinged with Art Deco, the result of a slow project: plans in 1907, construction begun in 1913, interrupted by the war, inaugurated in 1928.

6. Woning Spaenhoven — Sint-Niklaas

   August et/ou Leander Waterschoot · 1931

   Art Deco single-family house in Sint-Niklaas, designed in 1931 by the architect August and/or Leander Waterschoot for Alfons Spaenhoven.

7. Académie royale de Termonde

   Fernand de Ruddere · 1926

   The Royal Academy of Dendermonde was rebuilt after the bombardments of 1914 to plans of 1924 by the city architect Fernand de Ruddere.

Translated from the French original.