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Art Deco Ostend — from Elisabethlaan to Van Iseghemlaan

In Ostend, this route starts at Dr Depuydt’s house, designed in 1935 by Joseph De Bruycker under the influence of W.M. Dudok, then takes in the Sole Mio house, whose façade was given an Art Deco facing in 1928, the Hôtel Beau Séjour by André-Louis Daniëls and the Hôtel du Parc, remodelled in 1928 on Marie-Joséplein. It continues with the Art Deco façade of the James Ensor gallery, signed by A.V. Fobert (1928), the apartment building by Charles Pil and Henri Carbon (1924-1925) and the two mirror-image houses by Léopold Corneau (1933). All seven stops are protected monuments.

7 stops · Duration 2h15 · Distance 3,5 km

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  1. Woning Dokter Depuydt « De Ooievaar » — Ostende

    Joseph De Bruycker · 1935

    House and surgery of Dr Depuydt, designed in 1935 by the Roeselare architect Joseph De Bruycker for a large family.

  2. Maison bourgeoise Sole Mio, Euphrosina Beernaertstraat 43 — Ostende

    Charles Pil (maison d'origine de 1897) · 1928

    This eclectic house, designed by the Ostend architect C.

  3. Hôtel Beau Séjour — Ostende

    André-Louis Daniëls · 1928

    Corner building in Art Deco style in Ostend, built in 1928 as the Hôtel Beau Séjour according to the land-registry archives and signed by the Ostend architect André-Louis Daniëls.

  4. Hôtel du Parc — Ostende

    Joseph Vanderbanck · 1928

    Corner hotel on the Marie-Joséplein whose Art Deco appearance results from successive alterations to a neoclassical hotel of around 1879-1880, including heightening and remodelling

  5. Galerie James Ensor (façade Art déco, Christinastraat 24-28) — Ostende

    Albert-Victor Fobert · 1928

    This covered shopping arcade, laid out in 1892 from the Vlaanderenstraat, was extended through to the Christinastraat in 1928, where an Art Deco apartment building was built as a f

  6. Immeuble à appartements avec magasin, Kapellestraat 1 — Ostende

    Charles Pil & Henri Carbon · 1925

    This apartment building with an integrated shop, in a so-called "romanticising" Art Deco, is the work of the architects Charles Pil and Henri Carbon.

  7. Ensemble de maisons bourgeoises Art déco, Van Iseghemlaan 24-26 — Ostende

    Léopold Corneau · 1933

    This Art Deco group, signed by the Ostend architect L.

Translated from the French original.