Ostend
Art Deco Ostend — from the Thermae Palace to Graaf de Smet de Naeyerlaan
In Ostend, this route starts at the Thermae Palace, inaugurated in 1933, with a neoclassical exterior and an Art Deco interior of which the hall is the main survivor, then takes in the Suomi house on Prinsenlaan (1932), the Sole Mio house, whose façade was given an Art Deco facing in 1928, and André-Louis Daniëls’s Hôtel Beau Séjour (1928). It then passes Léopold Corneau’s two mirror-image houses on Van Iseghemlaan (1933), the corner building by Charles Pil and Henri Carbon on Kapellestraat (1924-1925), which retains an Otis lift of 1925, and a corner commercial building on Christinastraat, given an Art Deco facing in 1930. It ends on Graaf de Smet de Naeyerlaan, whose interwar ensemble has been protected since 2005: Corneau’s Villa Mon Rêve (1928), the Villa Marie (1935), A. Devreese’s Villa Hetty-Ulysse (1934) and Auguste Vereecke’s ‘Compas’ building (1930), then, on Vaartstraat, the Nos Gosses house (1930).
12 stops · Duration 3h30 · Distance 4,5 km
Thermae Palace Hotel
The Thermae Palace, formerly the "Palais des Thermes", combines a thermal institute and a grand hotel built on and behind Ostend's Royal Galleries; the project was decided in 1929.
Maison bourgeoise Art déco Suomi — Ostende
Town house in the Art Deco style named 'SUOMI' after the inscription on the parapet, signed to the left of the porch by the contractor G.
Maison bourgeoise Sole Mio, Euphrosina Beernaertstraat 43 — Ostende
This eclectic house, designed by the Ostend architect C.
Hôtel Beau Séjour — Ostende
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.
Ensemble de maisons bourgeoises Art déco, Van Iseghemlaan 24-26 — Ostende
This Art Deco group, signed by the Ostend architect L.
Immeuble à appartements avec magasin, Kapellestraat 1 — Ostende
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.
Immeuble commercial, Christinastraat 121 — Ostende
Corner commercial building whose core dates from the last quarter of the nineteenth century, given an Art Deco façade facing in 1930 (as indicated in the corner bay).
Maison bourgeoise Villa Mon Rêve — Ostende
"Villa Mon Rêve" (the name is inscribed on the facade above the door) is an Art Deco town house of 1928, designed by the Ostend architect Leopold Corneau and built by the contractor W.
Immeuble à appartements Villa Marie — Ostende
Apartment building or town house with an Art Deco design, named 'VILLA MARIE' after the inscription above the door and built in 1935 according to the cadastre; it belongs to the in
Maison bourgeoise Art déco Villa Hetty-Ulysse — Ostende
Art Deco town house named 'VILLA HETTY-ULYSSE', built in 1934 to plans by the architect A.
Immeuble à appartements Compas
Nicknamed "Compas", this Art Deco apartment building was built in 1930 to a design by the architect A.
Maison bourgeoise Art déco Nos Gosses — Ostende
Art Deco town house named 'NOS GOSSES', dated 1930 by the date above the door.
Translated from the French original.