Avenue Franklin Roosevelt

The avenue was laid out in 1922, according to the wishes of King Leopold II, through the site of the Brussels International Exposition of 1910. The construction of the avenue, the adjacent arteries and the first buildings mostly took place during the interwar period. Before 1945, it was called the / ("Nations Avenue"). Its name was then changed to the / in honour of the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In spite of Brussels' city planning free-for-all between the end of the Second World War and the late 1970s, the appearance of the Avenue Franklin Roosevelt has mostly remained unchanged over time; the vast majority of its buildings is indeed very well preserved, and some of them are now classified as historic monuments. ==Notable buildings==

The Avenue Franklin Roosevelt is home to many buildings in Art Nouveau, Art Deco, modernist and eclectic styles. The Solbosch/Solbos campus of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), a French-speaking university, with about 20,000 students, is also situated on the Avenue Franklin Roosevelt. • No. 52: Blomme House (1928), a modernist house designed by for his personal use (offices and apartments), whose entrance is flanked by two bas-reliefs by Ossip Zadkine. • No. 65: Villa Bernheim, which was occupied by Émile Bernheim, former President of the group ''À l'Innovation'' and is now an art gallery. • No. 67: Villa Empain (1930–1934), a private Art Deco house by Michel Polak, notable as the home of the Boghossian Foundation. • No. 86: Delune House (1904), an eclectic building combining Art Nouveau with influences from Byzantine architecture, by . • No. 110: Art Deco apartment building (1931) by Antoine Varlet File:DSC 4320© Lara Herbinia.jpg|The main building on the Solbosch/Solbos campus of the Université libre de Bruxelles File:Solvay School Brussels.jpg|Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (2010) File:Belgique - Bruxelles - Maison Blomme - 03.jpg|Blomme House (Blomme, 1928) File:Bruxelles - Fondation Boghossian-Empain.jpg|Villa Empain (Polak, 1930–1934) File:110 Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, Brussels by Antoine Varlet 01.jpg|Apartment building (Varlet, 1931) ==Embassies and consulates==

The Avenue Franklin Roosevelt houses many embassies, including from the City of Brussels towards Watermael-Boitsfort: • Morocco • Republic of the Congo • Kuwait • Niger • Moldova • Mexico • Colombia • Jordan • Canada • Qatar • Singapore • Uzbekistan • Lebanon • Djibouti • Iran • Iraq • Kurdistan • Ivory Coast • Oman • Brunei File:Bruxelles - Ambassade de Moldavie 20190907-02.jpg|Embassy of Moldova File:RoosCem30.jpg|Embassy of Qatar File:RoosCem31.jpg|Embassy of Singapore File:Bruxelles - Ambassade des Émirats arabes unis 20190907-01.jpg|Embassy of the United Arab Emirates ==See also==