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Michel Polak — Brussels Art Deco luxury

A Belgian-Swiss architect born in Mexico, Michel Polak was, between the wars, the architect of luxury and elegance in Brussels. The route brings together the Résidence Palace with its Art Deco swimming pool, the Villa Empain (granite, gilded brass, marble), designed with Alfred Hoch, and the former Eastman Dental Institute.

3 stops · Duration 2h45 · Distance 9,5 km

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1. Résidence Palace

   Michel Polak · 1927

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

2. Villa Empain (Fondation Boghossian)

   Michel Polak & Alfred Hoch · 1934

   A temple of Brussels Art Deco, commissioned in 1930 by Baron Louis Empain from Michel Polak and his partner Alfred Hoch.

3. Ancien Institut dentaire George Eastman

   Michel Polak & Alfred Hoch · 1935

   A former dental institute built from 1933 to 1935 by Michel Polak and Alfred Hoch thanks to a donation from the American industrialist George Eastman (1854-1932), founder of Kodak.

Translated from the French original.