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Saint-Gilles — from Rue du Tir to Avenue Ducpétiaux
Between Rue du Tir and Avenue Ducpétiaux, this walk brings together Art Deco buildings in Saint-Gilles erected between 1922 and 1928: J. Pauwels’s building, taken over in 1934 by the École centrale des Arts et Métiers, the Foyer saint-gillois housing by Joseph Diongre and Henri Derée, then houses, rental buildings and apartment buildings. Triangular oriels, bow windows and white imitation stone recur from one façade to the next, by architects including Jean Maelschalck, Pierre Meewis, R. Snakenbroek and François Van Meulecom.
9 stops · Duration 2h15 · Distance 1,5 km
École centrale des Arts et Métiers (ECAM)
Large Art Deco building erected in 1922 by the architect J.
Foyer saint-gillois
Large complex of nine social housing buildings in the Art Deco style, built in 1926 by the architect Joseph Diongre.
Le Foyer Saint-Gillois, rues du Fort et Gisbert Combaz
A group of four identical Art Deco buildings erected for Le Foyer saint-gillois and signed on the door surrounds of nos.
Immeuble de rapport, rue Jean Robie 26
This asymmetrically composed Art Deco apartment building is signed and dated by the architect Jean Maelschalck in 1927.
Maison, rue Antoine Bréart 163
Art Deco house signed by the architect Léon Janlet and built in 1927.
Immeuble de rapport et de commerce, chaussée d’Alsemberg 107-107a
Art Deco block of flats and shop resulting from the complete remodelling in 1928, by the architect Maurice Van Nieuwenhuyse, of a neoclassical house of 1882.
Immeuble de rapport, rue Arthur Diderich 1-3-3a
An Art Deco apartment building on the corner of Rue de Savoie, designed in 1926 by the architect Pierre Meewis for his own use.
Immeuble à appartements, place Antoine Delporte 11-12
An Art Deco apartment building on the corner of avenue Jef Lambeaux, signed "R.
Maisons, avenue Ducpétiaux 127-129
Two Art Deco-inspired houses, signed by the architect François Van Meulecom and dated 1922.
Translated from the French original.