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Autrique House

The Autrique House[2][3] (French: Maison Autrique; Dutch: Autrique Huis) is a historic town house in Brussels, Belgium. This house, built in 1893, was the first designed by Victor Horta in Art Nouveau style, and represents an essential step in the evolution of the Belgian architect. In many ways, it was an innovative dwelling, although it does not feature the novel spatial composition of the almost contemporary Hôtel Tassel. It is located at 266, chaussée de Haecht/Haachtsesteenweg, in the municipality of Schaerbeek.

Autrique House
Main façade of the Autrique House
General information
TypeTown house
Architectural styleArt Nouveau
AddressChaussée de Haecht / Haachtsesteenweg 266
Town or city1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels-Capital Region
CountryBelgium
Coordinates50°51′47″N 4°22′23″E / 50.86306°N 4.37306°E / 50.86306; 4.37306
Current tenantsSchaerbeek municipality
Completed1893 (1893)
ClientEugène Autrique
Design and construction
Architect(s)Victor Horta
Awards and prizesMedal Europa Nostra 2005
Website
Official website
References
[1]

The Autrique House was built for the engineer Eugène Autrique and his family. Due to budget restrictions, the family wanted a simple but comfortable home. For this reason, many custom made details, which Horta designed himself in most of the other town houses he built, were abolished. The house was kept in a relatively good condition during the 20th century. In the 1990s, it was bought by the municipality of Schaerbeek. It was thoroughly renovated and is now opened to the public.

History edit

Built by Victor Horta in 1893 for his friend Eugène Autrique, the Autrique House constitutes the missing link between traditional private architecture and the emerging Art Nouveau style.[4] All typical Art Nouveau characteristics are already present in this early work of Horta: fine iron pillars and columns of the façade, sgraffito, stained glass, mosaics, and importance of natural light and decorative elements of floral inspiration. These characteristics were to be developed and magnified by Horta and his disciples.

In July 2006, the European heritage organisation Europa Nostra gave a "Medal" or second prize "for the meticulous restoration of an early masterpiece by Victor Horta and for the creation of a scenography that pays tribute to the private architecture of Brussels, while opening the door to an imaginary world."[5]

Building edit

The Autrique House was the first town house built by Victor Horta. This dwelling was already innovative for its application of a novel Art Nouveau decorative scheme that did not include references to other historical styles. However, the floor plan and spatial composition of the Autrique House remained rather traditional. On the deep and narrow building plot, the rooms were organised according to a traditional scheme used in most Belgian town houses at that time. It consisted of a suite of rooms on the left side of the building plot, flanked by a rather narrow entrance hall with stairs and a corridor that led to a small garden at the back. From the three-room suite, only the first and the last had windows, and so the middle room, used mostly as a dining room, was rather gloomy.

Awards edit

The Autrique House received in 2005 the Medal of Europa Nostra for "the scrupulous restoration of an early masterpiece of Victor Horta, and for the creation of a scenography which pays tribute to the private architecture of Brussels and opens a door to an imaginary world."

See also edit

References edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (2012–2013). "Maison Autrique" (in French). Brussels. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Autrique House". www.visit.brussels. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Autrique House". Brussels Museums. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ^ "La Maison Autrique, Bruxelles (Belgium)". Europa Nostra. 2005. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Europa Nostra bekroont Autrique-huis". www.bruzz.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 June 2023.

Bibliography edit

  • Aubry, Françoise; Vandenbreeden, Jos (1997). Horta: Art Nouveau to Modernism. New York: Harry N Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-6333-7.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Autrique House at Wikimedia Commons
  • Official website

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