Brussels
The Art Deco Pentagon — from rue Royale to rue Dansaert
In the heart of Brussels, Art Deco from 1926 to 1943 shaped the places of modern life: the Buurmans bank and the Union et Prévoyance office building on rue Royale, the Au Bon Marché department store, the Caméo and Eldorado cinemas, the Haüptli shops and the Comptoir du Centre bank, and on to the L’Archiduc bar and the former Gérard Koninckx Frères buildings on rue Dansaert.
9 stops · Duration 2h30 · Distance 3,5 km
Banque Buurmans
An Art Deco bank building on rue Royale, by the architect G.J.
Immeuble Union et Prévoyance
An Art Deco office building on rue Royale, designed by the architect J.
Ancien grand magasin « Au Bon Marché »
Department store built in the Art Deco style in 1928-1930 to plans by the Parisian architect G.J.
Cinéma Caméo
Cinema fitted out at the corner of the impasse du Cheval to plans by the architect Gaston Ide in 1925-1926, in the Art Deco style.
Cinéma Eldorado
A cinema built in 1931-1932 to the plans of the architect Marcel Chabot, assisted by the engineer Léon-Marcel Chapeaux and the decorator L.
Magasins Haüptli
Art Deco building with a commercial ground floor, built in two phases between 1930 and 1933 to plans by the architect Fernand De Roy for Herman Haeuptli.
Ancien « Comptoir du Centre » (S.A. de Banque, de Dépôts et du Crédit)
Bank building in the Art Deco style, built in 1928 to plans by the architect C.
Bar L'Archiduc
A bar opened in 1937 in an apartment building of 1892 (Danthine), at the corner of rue Antoine Dansaert and rue des Chartreux.
Gérard Koninckx Frères (GKF)
Former premises of the firm Gérard Koninckx Frères (GKF), wholesalers of bananas and oranges, built in 1927 by Eugène Dhuicque in Art Deco style.
Translated from the French original.