Maison Questienne - Rue Sohet 13

Maison Questienne Rue Sohet 13, Liège, Belgium
Built 1891 - Paul Jaspar architect

Paul Questienne, a civil engineer by training and road service inspector, is the sponsor of this residence built by Paul Jaspar, at the time a young architect on the rise of his professionally. A typical example of the bourgeois house, on which the new architecture must be measured on the scale of urban space, the dwelling is located at the crossroads of traditional and modern architecture.

The mixed brick-iron structure introduces the use of a static model which allows major flexibility in the distribution and size of the openings; the distribution of interior spaces nevertheless remains traditional.

The exterior appearance maintains historicist features – decorated stone cornices, corbel brackets – which, however, presents a boldly anti-classical design, such as the entrance door rail which blends with the front body located above.