Ghent

The modernist houses of the Rijsenbergstraat in Ghent

Between 1935 and 1938, the Rijsenbergstraat in Ghent saw four houses by four different architects built, which the Flemish inventory classes as modernism, often under the label “romantic cubism”. The route continues to the Frans de Potterstraat and to Drongen.

6 stops · Duration 2h15 · Distance 4 km

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1. Maison Rijsenbergstraat 4 — Gand

   H. Van Laere · 1935

   A terraced house of three storeys and two bays under a flat roof, with a basement, built in Ghent on a 1935 building application to designs by the Ghent architect H.

2. Maison Rijsenbergstraat 42 — Gand

   Andréas De Maerteleire · 1935

   Town house designed in 1935 by Andréas De Maerteleire of Nazareth for H.E.A. Vosters; the Flemish inventory classes it as modernism and describes it as “romantic cubism” in yellow brick.

3. Maison Rijsenbergstraat 46 — Gand

   Emile De Nil · 1936

   Terraced house of three storeys under a flat roof, built under a permit of 1936 and designed by the Ghent architect Emile De Nil.

4. Maison Rijsenbergstraat 39 — Gand

   Antoine Gruyaert (architecte anversois) · 1938

   House of three storeys and two bays under a flat roof, with a raised ground floor above a garage, built under an application of 1938 by the Antwerp architect Antoine Gruyaert for Julien Verhaeghe.

5. Maison Frans de Potterstraat 9 — Gand

   Maurice De Paepe · 1936

   A town house with a basement in Ghent, in a modernist brick style, built on a 1936 building application to designs by Maurice De Paepe of Nazareth, whose signature appears on a stone in the plinth, for Evarist Jacques.

6. Maison de l'architecte Richard Deweirdt — Drongen (Gand)

   Richard Deweirdt · 1937

   Terraced house of three storeys and two bays under a flat roof, recorded in the land register in 1937 as the home of the architect Richard Deweirdt, in Drongen (now part of Ghent).

Translated from the French original.