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Laeken — from Rue Stevens-Delannoy to Avenue Prudent Bols

This walk links nine Art Deco houses and apartment buildings in Laeken built between 1922 and 1935, on Rue Stevens-Delannoy, Rue du Cloître, Rue Ernest Salu and Avenue Prudent Bols. Along the way are a house by Joseph Diongre from 1922, Louis Tenaerts’s Maison Utile Dulci (1924), houses by Joseph Evers (1925), François Gosselin’s Villa La Souriante (1928), two houses by Henri Brons from 1933, one of them with the sculptor Jean Canneel, and works by Paul-Benoît De Wilde, Camille Breeus and René Notéris.

9 stops · Duration 2h15 · Distance 2 km

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1. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, rue Stevens-Delannoy 88

   René Notéris · 1934

   Art Deco town house designed by the architect René Notéris in 1934.

2. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, rue Stevens-Delannoy 84

   Paul-Benoît De Wilde & Jos. Gilson · 1933

   Art Deco town house with an asymmetrical composition, designed by the architects Paul-Benoît De Wilde and Jos.

3. Immeuble à appartements Art déco, rue du Cloître 57

   Camille Breeus & Paul-Benoit De Wilde · 1935

   Art Deco block of flats designed by the architects Camille Breeus and Paul-Benoit de Wilde in 1935.

4. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, rue du Cloître 75

   Joseph Diongre · 1922

   Asymmetrical Art Deco middle-class house designed in 1922 by the architect Joseph Diongre for the draughtsman J.

5. Villa La Souriante

   François Gosselin · 1928

   Art Deco town house with an asymmetrical composition, built in 1928 by the architect François Gosselin.

6. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, rue Ernest Salu 25

   Henri Brons & Jean Canneel (sculpteur) · 1933

   Art Deco town house designed by and for the architect Henri Brons in 1933 and signed on the plinth.

7. Maison bourgeoise Art déco, rue Ernest Salu 23

   Henri Brons · 1933

   Art Deco town house designed by and for the architect Henri Brons in 1933 and signed on the plinth.

8. Maison Utile Dulci

   Louis Tenaerts · 1924

   Art Deco middle-class house signed by the architect Louis Tenaerts, 1924, whose door lintel bears the Latin proverb 'Utile dulci' (combining the useful with the pleasant).

9. Maisons bourgeoises Art déco, avenue Prudent Bols 102-104

   Joseph Evers · 1925

   Pair of identical mirror-image Art Deco town houses, signed and dated 1925 by the architect Joseph Evers, who designed them for himself.

Translated from the French original.