Brussels

Brussels’ great Art Deco

This route links five landmarks of Brussels Art Deco: Victor Horta’s Palais des Beaux-Arts, the Résidence Palace, Flagey, Villa van Buuren and the Heysel Palace.

5 stops · Duration full day · Distance 19 km · public transport

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1. Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR)

   Victor Horta · 1928

   A founding masterpiece of Belgian Art Deco, designed by Victor Horta for the Palais des Beaux-Arts at the initiative of mayor Adolphe Max and the music-loving banker Henry Le Bœuf.

2. Résidence Palace

   Michel Polak · 1927

   A pioneering project in Europe, commissioned in 1921 by the developer Lucien Kaisin from the Swiss architect Michel Polak.

3. Flagey (ancienne Maison de la Radio / INR)

   Joseph Diongre · 1938

   A masterpiece of the Brussels "ocean liner" style, nicknamed "the Paquebot" for a silhouette recalling a ship moored on the edge of the Ixelles ponds.

4. Musée & Jardins van Buuren

   Léon Govaerts & Alexandre Van Vaerenbergh · 1928

   An Art Deco villa built in 1928 by the architects Léon Govaerts and Alexandre Van Vaerenbergh for the banker David van Buuren.

5. Palais du Heysel — Centenaire (Bruxelles Expo)

   Joseph Van Neck · 1935

   Heysel exhibition park: the first five palaces, including the Centenary Palace (Palais 5, or Grand Palais), were designed from 1931 by chief architect Joseph Van Neck with engineer

Translated from the French original.