43. Van Bruystegem House

Designed in 1924 by François Van Meulecom, this bourgeois house has an elegantly symmetrical façade. A former student and then main collaborator of Jean-Baptiste Dewin, a leading figure in geometric Art Nouveau and Art Deco, Van Meulecom built many homes in the Brussels Region that are still in existence: mansions, apartment buildings and social housing. This particularly well preserved residence, built for a certain Alphonse Bruystegem and his wife, attests to what might be called "Art Deco without ostentation", a style typical of many houses in the Altitude Cent area. Inhabited by a passionate owner, it is brought to life by Art Deco objects and furniture patiently collected from the four corners of Europe.

Arch. François VAN MEULECOM, 1924