Hôtel van Eetvelde
| Hotel van Eetvelde | |
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| Hôtel van Eetvelde (French) Hotel van Eetvelde (Dutch) |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Art Nouveau |
| Location | Brussels, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°50′49.94″N 4°22′50.11″E / 50.8472056°N 4.3805861°ECoordinates: 50°50′49.94″N 4°22′50.11″E / 50.8472056°N 4.3805861°E |
| Construction started | 1898 |
| Completed | 1900 |
| Client | Edmond van Eetvelde |
| Owner | Synergrid |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Victor Horta |
| Official name | Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iv |
| Designated | 2000 (24th session) |
| Reference no. | 1005 |
| State Party |
 Belgium
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| Region | Europe and North America |
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.
The visible application of "industrial" materials such as steel and glass was a novel for prestigious private dwellings at the time. In the Hôtel van Eetvelde Horta also used a hanging steel construction for the façade. The interior receives additional lighting through a central reception room covered by a stained-glass cupola. An extension to the house was designed by Horta in 1898. This building has a more conventional, beautifully detailed sandstone façade. It was designed to house a garage, an office for van Eetvelde as well as supporting apartments and therefore had a separate entrance (2 Avenue Palmerston).
The UNESCO commission recognized the Hôtel van Eetvelde as UNESCO World Heritage in 2000.
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