The house was built from 1924 to 1928, in the Amsterdam School style, for the banker and art collector David Van Buuren and his wife Alice Piette.

The house is surrounded by gardens designed by the landscape architects Jules Buyssens in 1924 and René Pechère [fr] in 1968–1970.

David Van Buuren asked his nephew and architect Johan Franco to start working on the plan for his future house in Brussels.

[12][3][13] On 16 July 2013, the paintings Shrimps and Shells by James Ensor, The Thinker by Kees Van Dongen, and eight small works by old masters were stolen.

The first, and oldest, is a Picturesque Garden by the landscape architect Jules Buyssens that recalls the spirit of the Roaring Twenties and shows the geometrical ideas of Art Deco.

[16][17][18] In 2015, the restoration of the gardens (carried out in stages in 2009–2012 and 2018–2019) received the Europa Nostra Award for European cultural heritage.