Résidence de la Cambre

The Résidence de la Cambre is the first high-rise building constructed in Brussels, Belgium.

It was built in 1938–39, according to the plans of the architect Marcel Peeters, in a style inspired by New York Art Deco architecture.

It is a short walk from La Cambre Abbey and the eastern shores of the Ixelles Ponds, a part of Brussels that is particularly rich in Art Deco architecture.

Nicknamed The Chicago Building (French: La tour Chicago) because of its symmetrically stepped profile, the building is primarily made of concrete, but its facade is mainly covered in Boom brick with white stone on the pinnacles, as well as gray stone and Swedish granite on the facing of the ground floor.

[6] The building was classified as a protected monument on 14 July 2005, on the initiative of Emir Kir, the mayor of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.