Hotel Wielemans 14 Defacqz Street

Art Deco private mansion mixed with Hispano-Moorish influences, designed in 1926 by architect Adrien Blomme for Léon Wielemans, an industrialist, managing director of Wielemans Enterprises and future mayor of Forest, and his wife Yvonne.
Subsequently, Blomme will establish himself as the family's designated architect: Métropole cinema, expansion of the Métropole hotel, La Frégate Tavern and Cécil shop (1928-1932), brewing factory (1929), Brewery "Express Midi-28 Perle Caulier" (1934), bottling plant (1939) and cafe Aux Armes des Brasseurs (1939).
The design of the hotel was defined during a trip to Spain where the couple, accompanied by the architect, visited Andalusia and its palaces. From this trip, they brought back both the hotel's program, its particular layout around a large interior patio, and the general idea of the interior decoration primarily combining ceramic tiles and wrought iron.

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