This villa has become an anti-example of monument conservation. This Belle Epoque villa was only protected when the building permit for the apartment building behind it had already been approved. As a result, only the facade was preserved and a new apartment building was built behind and above this facade. A compromise that one cannot possibly be happy with...
The rich facade is almost entirely made of blue limestone. The disappeared interior was also certainly luxuriously decorated. The name of the villa refers directly to the Antwerp builder, Baron Cogels. This baron had this building built as a country house on the coast, around 1900. The architect signed his design on the facade plinth: CDR Trooff. The floral whiplash motifs on the decorative railings of the balconies and the ceramic tiles on the upper floors are clearly inspired by Art Nouveau. The rustic natural stone plinth on the ground floor and the onion roof crowning of the bay window point to other stylistic influences. Source: middelkerke.be

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Isi-Sicilia

February 13, 2024

The Art Deco Villa Cogels, a remnant of the Belle Epoque

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