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Hôtel Albert Ciamberlani

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Inside, the spatial layout was a more traditional variation of a layout found in many Belgian houses at the time, with the exception of the first floor, which was dominated by a wide room facing the street. For the rest, the right side of the building contained the drawing room, dining room and a
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In 1927, the lower part of the façade was heavily altered, and a garage added. The architect Albert Devez was responsible for these changes. The original furniture, also designed by Hankar, has been dispersed and is now kept in the collections of
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The building, which was renovated in 2006, is one of the best-preserved buildings by Hankar. It is described in the official list of architectural heritage of Brussels as an "exceptional private house in
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veranda, while the left side of the building contained an office, the stairwell and a smaller dining room. The top floor contained four bedrooms, and two bedrooms were also located on the main floor.
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Hankar initially struggled with finding a solution for the unusually wide façade (12 metres (39 ft)). In his first draft, the façade was dominated by large windows, with a central
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For the final design of the façade, Hankar came up with a complex solution where several different influences coexist. A motif of round openings, inspired by traditional Chinese
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designed by Ciamberlani. The house was built in 1897. It was one of a succession of private houses in Brussels designed by Hankar, mostly for friends, between 1897 and 1900.
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since 1983. The façade was renovated in 2006. The Hôtel Ciamberlani is one of the most well-preserved buildings designed by Hankar.
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has described its façade as one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau façades in Belgium. He notes that it lacks what he calls the "
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windows, and the geometric decoration of the rest of the façade expands into a richer, floral decoration.
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The top of the façade is dominated by the sgraffito decoration designed by Ciamberlani and executed by
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or hunting scenes. Ciamberlani's decoration for the façade shows influence from the works of
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has described its façade as one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau façades in Belgium.
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received the commission to design the building from the mother of the
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French
Dutch

Town house
Art Nouveau
Ixelles
Coordinates
50°49′40″N 4°21′35″E / 50.82778°N 4.35972°E / 50.82778; 4.35972
Albert Ciamberlani
Paul Hankar
French
Dutch
town house
Brussels
symbolist
Albert Ciamberlani
Paul Hankar
allegorical
sgraffito
façade
Art Nouveau
François Loyer
fr
municipality
Ixelles
Hankar House
Paul Hankar
symbolist
Albert Ciamberlani
his own house

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