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© Maison des Arts de Schaerbeek
Avenue Louis Bertrand, general view (ca 1910).
Avenue Louis Bertrand, general view (ca 1910).
© KIK-IRPA, Brussels
Avenue Louis Bertrand 53-61 (1976). (With wooden pavilion on the corner 'tower')
Avenue Louis Bertrand 53-61 (1976). (With wooden pavilion on the corner 'tower')
© KIK-IRPA, Brussels
Avenue Louis Bertrand 53-61, signature, year and decorative ceramic panels (1976).
Avenue Louis Bertrand 53-61, signature, year and decorative ceramic panels (1976).
in Lehé, I., Gustave Strauven architecte d’Art Nouveau, Institut supérieur libre des carrières artistiques, Paris (1982)
Rue Josaphat 271-273, 275-277 and Avenue Louis Bertrand 53-61, elevations, architect Gustave Strauven (1906).
Rue Josaphat 271-273, 275-277 and Avenue Louis Bertrand 53-61, elevations, architect Gustave Strauven (1906).
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Avenue Louis Bertrand 53-61, detail of the stone door frame (2012).
Avenue Louis Bertrand 53-61, detail of the stone door frame (2012).
Work started on Avenue Louis Bertrand in 1905. Forming a delightful blend of eclecticism and Art Nouveau, its town houses and rental-apartment buildings were intended to provide a suitably impressive approach to Parc Josaphat. In 1906, Gustave Strauven built two groups of buildings opposite each other, at the corner of Rue Josaphat.
This set of three buildings fully showcases the architect's skill at complex façade design involving multiple volumes. The grey stone, yellow and red bricks, and blue and green tones of the floral ceramic tiles combine to produce a warm and attractive aesthetic. The architect signed his design below historiated ceramic panels recalling the Schaerbeek of old and two symbols of this municipality: the donkey and the morello cherry.
The overall blueprint for the three buildings is straightforward: shops on the ground floor, and apartments on the floors above.
However, the interior decor of the present-day restaurant was not part of the original design!
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By the same architect
This set of three buildings fully showcases the architect's skill at complex façade design involving multiple volumes. The grey stone, yellow and red bricks, and blue and green tones of the floral ceramic tiles combine to produce a warm and attractive aesthetic. The architect signed his design below historiated ceramic panels recalling the Schaerbeek of old and two symbols of this municipality: the donkey and the morello cherry.
The overall blueprint for the three buildings is straightforward: shops on the ground floor, and apartments on the floors above.
However, the interior decor of the present-day restaurant was not part of the original design!
