Personal house of Achilles Van Hoecke-Dessel
Address Kunstlaan 41
City/Neighborhood Ghent
Style(s)
- Art Nouveau
- Geometric Art Nouveau
Original use
- Architect house
Year 1903
Architect(s) and/or artist(s)
- Van Hoecke-Dessel Achiel
Remarkable elements
- Ironwork
- Sculpture
- Carpentry
A true Art Nouveau gem, the house is built in natural stone and hard stone for the base.
Several remarkable elements make up the facade, starting with the double-leaf entrance door, encircled in an arch cut two-thirds by a mullion in the shape of a sculpted column.
This door could have been inspired by the one created by Ernest Delune in Ixelles a year earlier (see here).
Also remarkable is the diversity of the openings, all of different shapes, recessed for the upper floor, protruding for the second floor. The ironwork, in a geometric style, also has different patterns.
The architect was clearly inspired by the very fashionable neo-Gothic style, mixing in Art Nouveau artifices, and giving the whole lot an incredible richness.
Building listed in June 1993.
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