[1] He started working with his brother Henri, mainly on the reconstruction of Wijtschate, from 1921 to 1926, a town near Ypres destroyed during the First World War.

In addition to Victor Bourgeois, Marcel Leborgne was also influenced by great masters such as Le Corbusier,[5] Robert Mallet-Stevens,[6] the De Stijl movement and even Frank Lloyd Wright in the villa he built for himself in Loverval in 1929.

[8] Leborgne built in 1930 in Loverval a private house presenting a great artistic proximity to Robert Mallet-Stevens and the Hotel Martel in Paris.

Only the forms counted for him and any useless or superfluous decoration was radically proscribed" wrote one of his colleagues, Édouard Bouillart.

[11] His vision of a functionalism without dryness, more sentimental and refined, adapting to the needs of the client, sometimes earned him criticism, but above all, the title of "lyrical builder".

[12] After a period of oblivion, the demolition of the Reine Astrid maternity hospital, dear to the hearts of the inhabitants of Charleroi, in the 1980s under Mayor Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, marked the beginning of a renewed interest in the work of Marcel Leborgne.

Built in 1929–1933 in collaboration with his brother Henri, the Villa Dirickz is considered the most important work of Marcel Leborgne.

It was built for Henri Dirickz (sometimes spelled Dirickx), general manager of the steelmaking company "Forges de Clabecq".

[6] The villa was also used as a set for the film The Teddy Bear, directed by Jacques Deray and starring Alain Delon.

Belgian cartoonist Goffin and scenarists François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters used it in their comic strip, Plagiat!.

The main facade on the east, towards the street, is marked by the double horizontal of the bay windows, separated by black enameled brick panels on the second floor, and the flat roof hemmed in with tiles.

The articulation of the main façade in two planes linked by a curve visually softens the cubic aspect of the volume.

[26] Built in 1937–1938, the Albert residence in Marcinelle is a corner building, modernist, nine floors designed for Marcel Roisin.

This style of the house is reminiscent of the Belle Epoque, due to the use of stone, the bow-window element, balconies with a wrought-iron balustrade and round-headed windows.

[33]Inaugurated in 1937 and demolished in 1988, the Queen Astrid Maternity Hospital was presented as a curved building where horizontality was accentuated by superimposed and alternate bands of pink stones and glass.

The first floor was conceived as a vast space, completely open to the different functions: living, eating, hygiene and rest.