VILLA IDA - Avenue Professeur Henrijean, N°18

Set in a garden enclosed by hedges, gates and a wooden gate, this villa was built in 1903. It is a sandstone rubble house, with some of the gables covered in plaster imitating half-timbering. It was also called Villa Alcyon, after a bird from Greek mythology, a sign of good fortune.The rigorous neo-classical layout is now rarely used as a benchmark for the construction of villas on the avenue. Complex and more irregular volumes diversify the facades, which externalise the functions of the interior rooms.