Maison Art-Nouveau d'exception au coeur du quartier Molière

Quartier Molière: Geometric Art Nouveau house by architect Jean-Baptiste Dewin 1910. Situated along one of the most elegant streets in Ixelles, this listed house has undergone extraordinary restoration work by the best craftsmen to restore it to its former glory. A unique example of the skills of architect Jean-Baptiste Dewin, its wide, beautifully designed façade (sgraffito, wrought-iron features, natural stone) offers impressive volumes bathed in light thanks to the large, high windows designed to let the light in. Its comprehensive living space can be used both for entertaining and to house a large family. The materials used are of the highest quality, and the extensive renovation work carried out on the house in agreement with the Monuments et Sites association has made it comfortable and suited to modern-day living (lift, brand new bathrooms, contemporary Gaggenau kitchen).


Ground floor: +/-165m2
First hall
Second hall - access to kitchen
Cloakroom - toilet - lift
Front office
Clearance and access to ornamental marble staircase
To the rear, dining room with access to the garden

1st floor :
Reception floor with a beautiful library lounge on the front facade - adjoining reception rooms - pantry with additional kitchen.

2nd floor and basement :
Master bedroom with dressing room and bathroom
hallway
2nd bedroom with shower room

3rd floor :
3rd bedroom with shower room
4th bedroom with shower room
Solarium on flat roof

Basements: cellar; boiler room; laundry room - fitness area

Garage: accessed via the garden and rue Berkendael

Monuments and sites:
Situated within a remarkable enfilade running from no. 144 to no. 182, this remarkable house is in the geometric Art Nouveau style, 1910. It was built at the request of Arts et Manufactures engineer Bruno Schmidt, to the plans of architect Jean-Baptiste Dewin, who designed it down to the last detail.

It is a comprehensive work, as conceived by the great architects of the Art Nouveau period.

The façade is characterised by J.-B. Dewin's highly personal and innovative style, recognisable by its geometric forms inspired by the Viennese Secession, and by the refinement of its decoration, which is also present on the interior. The decorations are a particularly good illustration of the architect's mastery of detail: mosaics featuring geometric motifs and a beautiful bestiary of stylised insects (bees, dragonflies) and birds (storks, falcons), found at the height of the ironwork and stained glass windows. Animals, particularly those related to mythology (the falcon representing the Egyptian deity Horus, etc.), were omnipresent in Dewin's work of the same period.