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The Résidence de la Cambre is the first high-rise building constructed in Le 1er gratte-ciel bruxellois restauré
– ''La Tribune de Bruxelles'' – Retrieved July 13, 2007 The Résidence de la Cambre is a short walk from La Cambre Abbey and the eastern shores of the
The Résidence de la Cambre is the first high-rise building constructed in Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, Belgium. It was built in 1938–39, according to the plans of the architect Marcel Peeters, in a style inspired by New York Art Deco architecture. The 17-story residential tower, which stands at 20, /, near the / in Ixelles
(French, ) or ( Dutch, ), is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located to the south-east of Brussels' city centre, it is geographically bisected by the City of Brussels. It is also bordered by the munic ...
, was listed as a protected monument on 14 July 2005. In April 2007, €740,000 were granted by the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region
The government of the Brussels-Capital Region was the political administration of the Brussels Capital Region of Belgium. (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) An election is held every five years. Th ...
to renovate the facade and roof.– ''La Tribune de Bruxelles'' – Retrieved July 13, 2007 The Résidence de la Cambre is a short walk from La Cambre Abbey and the eastern shores of the
Ixelles Ponds
The Ixelles Ponds (french: Étangs d'Ixelles) or Elsene Ponds ( nl, Vijvers van Elsene) are two freshwater ponds in the Brussels municipality of Ixelles, Belgium. The ponds we can see today are those spared by a 19th-century campaign of drying ...
, a part of Brussels particularly rich in Art Deco architecture
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United ...
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See also
*Art Deco in Brussels
The Art Deco movement of architecture and design appeared in Brussels, Belgium, immediately after World War I when the famed architect Victor Horta began designing the Centre for Fine Arts, and continued until the beginning of World War II in 1 ...
* History of Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
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