This prize enabled him to travel to Paris, Italy and Greece where he could admire masterpieces of antique architecture.

After he was appointed architect to the city of Bruges, he became involved in the Belgian Gothic Revival movement.

Thanks to his profound knowledge of medieval architecture, he was able to imitate this historic style in all its details, although he often used new construction techniques and materials in his own original creations.

At the pinnacle of his career, Delacenserie made the designs for the Central Station in Antwerp.

In this design he made use of a rather eclectic Neo-Renaissance style that refers to the economic and artistic prime of the city in the 16th century.