Building
© KIK-IRPA, Brussels
Wallpaper (ca 1900-1905)
Wallpaper (ca 1900-1905)
Ch. Bastin & J. Evrard © urban.brussels
Detail of the ground floor, façade before restoration (photo ca 1990)
Detail of the ground floor, façade before restoration (photo ca 1990)
Ch. Bastin & J. Evrard © urban.brussels
Façade before restoration (photo ca 1990)
Façade before restoration (photo ca 1990)
This house, an Art Nouveau masterpiece in Brussels, was the private residence of the Brussels-based architect Gustave Strauven. With this building, he once more demonstrated his ingenuity in designing a house on a very narrow plot (only 3.75 metres wide).
Area
Quartier des squares
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Strauven distracts from the narrowness of his house with an elegant decorative ensemble, including the use of polychrome and of varied materials; the yellow and blue glazed bricks on the façade meet the white stone and purple and grey slate elements framing the iron entrance gate, decorated with arabesques.
Behind this entrance gate, a small staircase ascends to the main floor, while another leads to the kitchen in the basement. The bow window on the first floor is a recent reconstruction, according to the archived plans left by the architect. Two pinnacles support the railing that surrounds the roof terrace.
A narrow, pentagonal-shaped staircase, which receives daylight from a glass roof, ascends through the centre of the house and leads to a single room on each side, at the front and the rear of the building. This arrangement is repeated on every floor.
Its owner, an expert on Strauven’s work, has meticulously restored the building, the walls and woodwork, which have now regained their original colours.
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Area
Quartier des squares
Protected heritage in Brussels Learn more Inventory of architectural heritage
Protected heritage in Brussels Learn more Inventory of architectural heritage
Strauven distracts from the narrowness of his house with an elegant decorative ensemble, including the use of polychrome and of varied materials; the yellow and blue glazed bricks on the façade meet the white stone and purple and grey slate elements framing the iron entrance gate, decorated with arabesques.
Behind this entrance gate, a small staircase ascends to the main floor, while another leads to the kitchen in the basement. The bow window on the first floor is a recent reconstruction, according to the archived plans left by the architect. Two pinnacles support the railing that surrounds the roof terrace.
A narrow, pentagonal-shaped staircase, which receives daylight from a glass roof, ascends through the centre of the house and leads to a single room on each side, at the front and the rear of the building. This arrangement is repeated on every floor.
Its owner, an expert on Strauven’s work, has meticulously restored the building, the walls and woodwork, which have now regained their original colours.
Behind this entrance gate, a small staircase ascends to the main floor, while another leads to the kitchen in the basement. The bow window on the first floor is a recent reconstruction, according to the archived plans left by the architect. Two pinnacles support the railing that surrounds the roof terrace.
A narrow, pentagonal-shaped staircase, which receives daylight from a glass roof, ascends through the centre of the house and leads to a single room on each side, at the front and the rear of the building. This arrangement is repeated on every floor.
Its owner, an expert on Strauven’s work, has meticulously restored the building, the walls and woodwork, which have now regained their original colours.
