Hankar House
The Hankar House (french: Maison Hankar, nl, Huis Hankar) is a Townhouse, town house built by the Belgian architect Paul Hankar in 1893. It is located at 71, / in the Saint-Gilles, Belgium, Saint-Gilles municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It is considered, along with the Hôtel Tassel by Victor Horta, built at the same time, one of the first houses in Art Nouveau style. Architecture From 1879 to 1904, Hankar worked in the studio of the prominent architect Hendrik Beyaert, Henri Beyaert, a master of eclectic architecture, eclectic and neoclassical architecture. Through Beyaert, Hankar became an admirer of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, the French architect who advocated the use of innovative new materials such as iron and glass, while drawing from historical architecture for inspiration. In 1893, he designed and built the Hankar House, his own residence, at 71, /, in the Saint-Gilles, Belgium, Saint-Gilles municipality of Brussels. The town house Hankar built, on a narrow lot in a wealt ...
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Saint-Gilles, Belgium
( French, ) or (Dutch, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the southern part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Anderlecht, Forest and Ixelles. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch). Saint-Gilles has a multicultural identity stemming from its diverse population. The housing stock varies from semi-derelict tenements near Brussels-South railway station in the north, to elegant bourgeois houses on the southern borders with Uccle and Ixelles, to tourist hotels at the inner end of the Chaussée de Charleroi/Charleroisesteenweg. History Beginnings as Obbrussel The first houses of the hamlet of ''Obbrussel'' (meaning "Upper Brussels") were built, between the 7th and the 11th centuries, close to the /, one of the points of highest elevation in Brussels, now part of Forest. In 1216, following strong demographic growth in the area, Forest Abbey allowed ''Obbrussel ...
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