Huis Wantz
Address Hazelarenstraat 7
City/Neighborhood Antwerp
Style(s)
- Art Deco
Original use
- Habitat
Année 1928
Architect(s) and/or artist(s)
- Van der Paal Egide
Beautiful Art Deco façade, built in 1928 by architect Van der Paal for his client Jules Wantz. It is inspired by the precepts of the Amsterdam School.
Red-brown bricks and natural stone form the basic elements.
Three levels and three bays under a flat roof, with a well-established central axis.
Beautiful brickwork on the bow window, treated vertically in recesses, as well as on the attic, crowned by a frieze of bricks laid in a herringbone pattern and cut natural stone.
The ground floor is also very carefully crafted, with a beautiful semicircular arched entrance door framed in stone carved with two figures supporting the bow window as consoles.
The figures are a woman with a child and a man with a staff. In pure Art Deco style, these sculptures were designed by the artist Frans Claessens.
The woodwork and ironwork are original, and the whole is in very good condition.
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