Personal home of architect Joseph Goeyvaerts
Address Rotterdamstraat 53
City/Neighborhood Antwerp
Style(s)
- Art Nouveau
- Geometric Art Nouveau
Original use
- Architect house
Année 1912
Architect(s) and/or artist(s)
- Goeyvaerts Joseph
Remarkable elements
- Sgrafittes
- Tiles-Ceramics
- Ironwork
- Sculpture
Large terraced house built in 1912 by Joseph Goeyvaerts for his own private use and offices, hence the two entrance doors.
The architect opted for a mixture of classicism and geometric Art Nouveau decorative elements.
The entire ground floor is made of carved hard stone.
The ironwork is of Viennese Secession influence.
Two beautiful identical entrance doors surround a narrow window also decorated with ironwork. All the framework is original.
The bel étage is characterized by a large three-sided wooden loggia, placed on carved stone consoles that join the entrance doors.
Other sculpted hard stones adorn the façade, motifs inspired by ancient Egypt, as does the superb, well-restored sgraffito frieze where construction tools and mythical Egyptian characters rub shoulders.
The whole is in very good condition after a serious restoration.
The building has been listed since 2016.
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