Tuesday 1 May 2018

Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)

This site was harder to get than I thought. I already had a postcard of a building built by Victor Horta but unfortunately was not included in the UNESCO list. Finally I have two of the four houses

Hôtel van Eetvelde
This postcard was sent by Gerda

The Hôtel van Eetvelde is a town house designed in 1895 by Victor Horta for Edmond van Eetvelde, administrator of Congo Free State. Together with the Hôtel Tassel, the Hôtel Solvay and his own House and atelier it was put on the 'UNESCO World Heritage List' in 2000 as the core of epoch-making urban residences Victor Horta designed before 1900. It is located at 4 Avenue Palmerston in Brussels. - in: wikipedia

Horta Museum
This postcard was sent by Javier

The Horta Museum (FrenchMusée HortaDutchHortamuseum) is a museum dedicated to the life and work of the Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former house and workshop, Maison & Atelier Horta (1898), in the Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles.
Housed in the Art Nouveau interiors is a permanent display of furniture, utensils and art objects designed by Horta and his contemporaries as well as documents related to his life and time. - in: wikipedia

The four houses designed by Victor Horta listed as World Heritage (in  red what I have):
  • Hôtel Tassel
  • Hôtel Solvay
  • Hôtel van Eetvelde
  • Maison & Atelier Horta

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