Its name, Art-Deco, was given in 1966 by English historian Bevis Hillier, in reference to the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts held in Paris in 1925. Art-Deco style already appears in the 1910s in reaction to the organic exuberance of Art Nouveau which was slowly but surely turning towards more geometric forms.
First worldwide architectural movement, it matured in the 1920s, only declined with the start of World War II.
This style favors straight lines, rigor, perfectly round curves, symmetrical constructions, classic stylized elements, large living spaces, huge halls, massive materials often luxurious. Ornaments inspired by human forms, animals and plants are treated in a cubist way.
The influence of this initially architectural style was exerted in all forms of artistic and technical expressions. Fashion, furniture, upholstery, cars, household appliances,... saw their shapes adapt to Art Deco.
See below the most beautiful examples of Art-Deco architecture in Belgium.
To learn all about Art Deco, visit the dedicated page on Wikipedia .
"Streamline" residential house
Avenue Coghen 68 - Brussels, Uccle
“Green” house
Vaderlandstraat 19 - Ghent
A. Boon Gloves Store
Lombardensvest 2 - Antwerp
Amazing house in Koekelberg
Avenue des Gloires Nationales 2 - Brussels, Koekelberg
Ante Mare
Visserslaan 14 - La Panne
Apartment Building by Joe Raemakers
University Avenue 46 - Brussels, Ixelles
Apartment building by René Delbecq
Rue Cervantes 75 - Brussels, Forest
Architect Antoine Pompe’s personal house
Rue du Chatelain 47 - Brussels, Ixelles
Architect Jacques Obozinski’s private house
Avenue Brugmann 366 - Brussels, Uccle
Architect Joseph Van Tuyn’s house
Avenue Deschanel 30 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Architect Pierre Verbruggen’s personal house
Elverdingestraat 50 - Ypres
Art Deco 3 facades Villa
Avenue Henri Pirenne 21 - Brussels, Uccle
Art Deco apartment building
Avenue des Scarabees 20 - Brussels
Art Deco apartment building
Avenue Everard 55 - Brussels, Forest
Art Deco bourgeois house
Avenue Emile Duray 24 - Brussels, Ixelles
Art Deco bourgeois house
Avenue Victor Rousseau 32 - Brussels, Forest
Art Deco building by René Ajoux
Rue Léopold 1, 300 - Brussels, Jette
Art Deco house
Avenue Brugmann 374 - Brussels, Uccle
Art Deco House by Jos Tuerlinckx
Stationstraat 70 - Antwerp
Art Deco house with oriel window
Avenue de l'Armée 69 - Brussels, Etterbeek
Art Deco inspired Bourgeois house
Rue Buchholtz 15 - Brussels, Ixelles
Art Deco mansion
Rue Jean Baptiste Meunier 27 - Brussels, Ixelles
Art Deco mansion
Avenue Léo Errera 66 - Brussels, Uccle
Art Deco-modernist house
Onafhankelijkheidslaan 39 - Ghent
Art Deco Pavilion
Avenue Prekelinden 112 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Art Deco store facade - L'Etoile Verte
Rue Blaes 38 - Brussels
Art Deco terraced house
Rue Timmermans 69 - Brussels, Forest
Art Deco terraced house by J. Maes
Plantenstraat 65 - Ostende
Art Deco Villa
Avenue Hamoir 26 - Brussels, Uccle
Art Deco-Eclectic House
Rue Maurice Lietart 52 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Art Deco-Modernist House
Avenue Molière 124 - Brussels, Forest
Astonishing house by Joseph Diongre
Avenue Firmin Lecharlier 175 - Brussels, Jette
Atelier Raphaël Evaldre
Avenue Coghen 185 - Brussels, Uccle
Athenaeum Robert Catteau
Rue des Minimes - Brussels
Atypical single-family house
Rue Emile Wittmann 39 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Basilica of Koekelberg
Parc Elisabeth - Brussels
Beautiful Art Deco ensemble
Hilda Ramstraat 57 - Antwerp
Beautiful Mansion by Fernand Petit
Avenue Emile Duray 4 - Brussels, Ixelles
Bourgeois house by Fernand Petit
Avenue Jeanne 52 - Brussels, Ixelles
Bourgeois house by Geo Henderick
Brittanniëlaan 42 - Ghent
Bourgeois House by Van Meulecom
Rue Timmermans 66 - Brussels, Forest
Bourgeois house by Waterschoot
Mgr. Stillemansstraat 24 - Sint-Niklaas
Brussels Central Station
Carrefour de l'Europe - Brussels
Chateau Franqui
Avenue de Tervueren 402 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Classic bourgeois house - Art Deco
Avenue Molière 256 - Brussels, Uccle
Clockarium
Boulevard Reyers 163 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Clos Joli
Koninginnelaan 25 - La Panne
Commercial stained glass window Café Nova
Koolstraat 72 - Mechelen
Corner house
Rue Henri Wafelaerts 34 - Brussels, Saint-Gilles
Corner house of Doctor De Bie
Kaasrui 1 - Antwerp
Dermine house
Boulevard Audent 42 - Charleroi
Dirken House
Mgr. Stillemansstraat 38 - Sint-Niklaas
Doctor Takx’ house
Mechelseplein 18 - Antwerp
Double house by architect Van Ballaer
Frilinglei 171 - Brasschaat
Double modernist villa
J. Bogemansstraat 112 - Wemmel
Elvepe warehouses
Zeevaartstraat 3 - Antwerp
Expressionist Art Deco House
Walburgstraat 29 - Sint-Niklaas
Extravagant Art Deco house
Rue Marie Depage 22 - Brussels, Uccle
Extravagant Art Deco House
Walburgstraat 42B - Sint-Niklaas
Forest town hall
Rue du Cure 2 - Brussels, Forest
Former Bata factory
Avenue Van Volxem 302 - Brussels, Forest
Former Citroën garage - Kanal
Place de l'Yser 7 - Brussels
Former De Ruysscher paper factory
Rue de la Grande Ile 39 - Brussels
Former Eastman Dental Institute
Rue Belliard 133 - Brussels, Etterbeek
Former Eperon d’Or shoe factory
Prins Albertlaan 5 - Izegem
Former G.K.F. Establishments
Rue Antoine Dansaert 75 - Brussels
Former Hôpital d’Ixelles Maternity
Rue Léon Cuissez 20 - Brussels, Ixelles
Former Red Cross hospital complex
Rue Joseph Stallaert 1 - Brussels, Ixelles
Former RVS Headquarters
Rue Royale 284 - Bruxelles, Saint-Josse-Ten Noode
Former Tilquin Cutlery and Goldsmithing
Meir 99 - Antwerp
Former Wielemans-Ceuppens Brewery - Le Wiels
Avenue Van Volxem 354 - Brussels, Forest
Fournier House
Square Vergote 45 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Foyer Schaerbeekois by Charles Roulet
Rue de l Agriculture 169 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Grande salle Eldorado
Place de Brouckère - Brussels
Haerens Mansion
Avenue Brugmann 384 - Brussels, Uccle
Henri Lacoste's Personal Villa
Avenue Jean Van Horenbeeck 145 - Brussels, Auderghem
Herbosch Building
Van Meterenkaai 4 - Antwerp
Hiëronymus Brothers School
Nieuwstraat 75 - Sint-Niklaas
Homem de Macédo House
Avenue Deschanel 20 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Hôtel Astoria
Leopoldlaan 7 - The Cock
Hôtel Pieper
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 90 - Brussels
Hotel Riez
Boulevard du Jubilé 86 - Brussels, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
House by architect Jozef Meulepas
Baron Opsomerlaan 44 - Lierre
House created by Jos Chabot
Dageraadstraat 44 - Mechelen
House Derboven
Jan Van Rijswijklaan 136 - Antwerp
House designed by Jos Tuerlinckx
Alfons Schneiderlaan 136 - Deurne
House E.Schelfhout
Vaderlandstraat 13 - Ghent
House of Architect Flor Van Reeth
Boekenberglei 178 - Antwerp
House of architect Silvain Smis
Eduard Decuyperstraat 11A - Ostende
House signed Albert Massez
Léopold Sturbautstraat 47 - Ronse
House signed Camille Breeus
Rue Cervantes 39 - Brussels, Forest
House signed K. Van Havermaet
Kalkstraat 62 - Sint-Niklaas
House signed Raymond Delgutte
Léopold Sturbautstraat 49 - Ronse
House signed Siméon Van Cauwenberghe
Léopold Sturbautstraat 32 - Ronse
Huis De Bruyn
Hazelarenstraat 12 - Antwerp
Huis t’Scild
Hazelarenstraat 14 - Antwerp
Huis Wantz
Hazelarenstraat 7 - Antwerp
Institut des Arts et Métiers
Boulevard de l'Abattoir 50 - Brussels
J and M House
Avenue Jean Baptiste Depaire 24 - Brussels, Laeken
Jef Huygh's Amazing House
Willem Geetsstraat 25 - Mechelen
Kaaitheater/Lunatheater
Square Sainctelette 20 - Brussels
Kéramis museum
1 Place des Fours-Bouteilles - La Louvière
L’Espérance Tavern
Rue du Finistere 1 - Brussels
Lambin House
Avenue du Castel 21 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Large building by Geo Henderick
Groot-Brittanniëlaan 1 - 7 - Ghent
Large modernist apartment building
Avenue Armand Huysmans 34 - Brussels, Ixelles
Large modernist double house
Bankstraat 14 - Mechelen
Large terraced house by Karel Van Havermaet
Guido Gezellelaan 72 - Sint-Niklaas
Liannahalle
Boekenberglei 176 - Antwerp
Maes House
Rue Robert Thoreau 1 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Maison Marit - Maison Tenaerts
Rue de la Seconde Reine 5 - Brussels, Uccle
Maison Mon Rêve
Rue Louis Van Beethoven 60 - Brussels, Anderlecht
Maison-Atelier Pion
rue de l'Enclos Saint-Martin, 18 - Tournai
Modernist apartment building
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 186 - Brussels
Modernist house on the Mont du Cinquantenaire
Mont du Cinquantenaire 4 - Brussels, Etterbeek
Municipal swimming pool on Veldstraat
Veldstraat 83 - Antwerp
Omnia Automobile
Leopoldlaan 41 - Middelkerke
Palais de la Cambre
Avenue Emile Duray 60/68 - Brussels, Ixelles
Palais de La Folle Chanson
Boulevard General Jacques 4 - Brussels, Ixelles
Palais des Beaux Arts - Bozar
Rue Ravenstein 23 - Brussels
Palais des expositions du Heysel - Palais 5
Place de Belgique - Brussels
Personal house of architect Léon Sneyers
Avenue de l'Echevinage 21 - Brussels, Uccle
Pinson - Red Cross Dispensary
Rue du Pinson 131 - Bruxelles, Watermael-Boitsfort
Pont Sainctelette
Pont Sainctelette - Brussels
Prestigious Art Deco mansion
Avenue de Tervueren 245 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Provincial Technical School of Boom
Beukenlaan 44 - Boom
Ramaekers Building
Avenue Moliere 210 - Brussels, Ixelles
Reine Elisabeth Foundation
Avenue Jean Joseph Crocq 3 - Brussels, Jette
Remarkable façade by Félicien Bilsen
Prinses Clementinalaan 122 - Ghent
Residence Palace
155 Rue de La Loi - Brussels
Residentie Van Rijswijk
Jan Van Rijswijklaan 160 - Antwerp
Restaurant "Le Variétés" Flagey
Place Ste Croix 4 - Brussels, Ixelles
Saint Jean-Baptiste Church
Parvis St Jean Baptiste - Brussels, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
School of La Roue
Rue Van Winghen 11 - Brussels, Anderlecht
Series of entrance doors
Léopold Sturbautstraat - Ronse
Shell Building
Rue Ravenstein 48 - Brussels
Sint Anna Tunnel
Sint Jansvliet - Antwerp
Small Art Deco building
Rue Cervantes 65 - Brussels, Forest
Small Art Deco house
Rue Dodonée 11 - Brussels, Uccle
Small Art Deco house signed Van Gompel
Rue du Disque 49 - Brussels, Laeken
Small Art Deco terraced house
Jaak Blockxstraat 64 - Mortsel
Small Art Deco-Eclectic house
Rue Maurice Lietart 34 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Small atypical Art Deco house
Rue Emile Wittmann 20 - Brussels, Schaerbeek
Small expressionist house
Venneborglaan 37 - Antwerp
Small modernist house
Avenue Seghers 97 - Brussels, Ganshoren
Small modernist house
Avenue de l’Echevinage 40 - Brussels, Uccle
Social Security Building
Square de l'Aviation 29 - Brussels, Anderlecht
Ste Croix Church
Place Sainte Croix - Brussels, Ixelles
Streamline style house
Avenue Coghen 40 - Brussels, Uccle
Streamline style residential house
Avenue Coghen 28 - Brussels, Uccle
Terraced house by Waterschoot
Mgr. Stillemansstraat 26 - Sint-Niklaas
Three houses by Marcel Tock
Léopold Sturbautstraat 33 - Ronse
Three-sided villa
Barkenlaan 28 - La Panne
Two houses by architect Snoeck
Sportstraat 398 - Ghent
Two-storey terraced art deco house
Jaak Blockxstraat 54 - Mortsel
Van Buuren House
Avenue Léo Errera 41 - Brussels, Uccle
Van den Berghe House
Wolfjagerlei 18 - Antwerp
Van der Elst House
Avenue Brugmann 491 - Brussels, Uccle
Vandevelde House
Avenue Jacques Sermon 25 - Brussels, Ganshoren
Vergote and Rotonde residences
Square Vergote 10 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Villa Empain
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 67 - Brussels
Villa Gosset
Avenue de l'Horizon 21 - Brussels, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Villa Gudrun
Beukenlaan 118 - Boom
Villa Kamba
Koninginnelaan 48 - La Panne
Villa Lentelust
Zeepannelaan 22 - Coxyde
Villa Léon Verbreyt
Spoorweglaan 36 - Sint-Niklaas
Villa Mon Refuge
Prins Albertlaan 49 - La Panne
Villa My Corner
Visserslaan 28 - La Panne
Villa Nachtegaal
Beukenlaan 46 - Boom
Villa Nanno-Nanune
Dumontlaan 26 - La Panne
Villa Norine
Avenue Circulaire 146 - Brussels, Uccle
Villa Overfeldt
Paul de Smet de Nayerplein 14 - Ghent
Villa Ponsart Deridoux
Rue Léon Blum 38 - La Louvière
Villa Simone-André-Paul
Visserslaan 26 - La Panne
Villa Tethys
Koninginnelaan 84 - La Panne
Villa Vandevelde
Avenue Houzeau 99 - Brussels, Uccle
Villa Venelle
Rue Henri Van Zuylen 59 - Brussels, Uccle
Villa Zilverbron
Baillet-Latourlei 19 - Brasschaat
Villas Vella and Paradou
Visserslaan 22 - La Panne
Wielemans Mansion
Rue Defacqz 14 - Brussels, Ixelles
Withuis, Joseph Diongre
Avenue Charles Woeste 183 - Brussels, Jette
