Hôtel José Ciamberlani, Art Nouveau manor house in Ixelles, Belgium

The Hôtel José Ciamberlani is a symmetrical four-bay Art Nouveau building of 1900 at rue Paul-Émile Janson 23-25 in Ixelles. Its blue-stone ground floor holds two entrance doors, the left one a carriage door that led horses and riders to the stables behind. The three upper levels are rendered white over rectangular stone; a trapezoidal-based oriel with three bays, added in 1920, projects at the first floor, and all bays carry stained-glass panes in their upper parts.

José Ciamberlani, a horse enthusiast, commissioned Paul Hankar to build this Art Nouveau residence in 1900, with stables and a tack room behind it. José was the brother of painter Albert Ciamberlani, for whom Hankar had built a house three years earlier. It is one of Hankar's last works; he died in January 1901. In 1920, a bay window replaced a row of mullioned windows on the first floor. The building and stables were listed as protected heritage on 7 June 2001.

José Ciamberlani, a horse enthusiast, had stables and a tack room built behind the house, and the two entrance doors at nos. 23 and 25 differ in width: the wider one let riders and carriages through to the rear. His brother Albert, a painter, had commissioned his own Hankar house three years earlier, and its facade stands at no. 48 of the rue Defacqz.

The building stands at 23 and 25 rue Paul-Émile Janson in Ixelles, a street that also holds Victor Horta's Hôtel Tassel at no. 6. The two entrances differ: no. 23 is a wide carriage door that once led riders and horses to the stables at the rear, while no. 25 is the house's own entrance. Look up at the first floor, where a 1920 bay window replaced the original row of mullioned openings.

The building was commissioned by José Ciamberlani, a horse enthusiast who had stables and a tack room built on the plot behind the house; the left carriage door at no. 23 gave riders, mounts and carriages access to the rear. It is one of Paul Hankar's last works, as he died in January 1901.