The architect Jean-Baptiste Dewin around Avenue Molière

The architect Jean Baptiste Dewin, a major Brussels architect of the interwar period, built several mansions, including his personal home on Avenue Molière, as well as in the adjacent streets and a clinic on Place Brugmann. He is also known for having designed the Forest Town Hall and the Saint-Pierre Hospital. Dewin is part of the second generation of "Geometric Art Nouveau" architects, a trend initiated by Paul Hankar, and will naturally evolve after 1920 towards Art Déco. Influenced by Hankar and the Vienna Secession, he makes great use of stylized floral motifs as well as a very particular bestiary consisting of representations of peacocks, owls, butterflies, bees, and spiders, or even the falcon. You will have the opportunity to see examples of these decorations during your walk along this magnificent avenue lined with maples and plane trees.