Michel Polak

• Significant Buildings — Villa Empain, Europa building • Born — 27 January 1885 • Birthplace — Mexico City • Died — 4 October 1948 • Place of death — Brussels

Polak used various styles according to the tastes of his clientele: Beaux-Arts, Art Deco, refined modern classicism. In Brussels, he notably designed the Residence Palace, the Hôtel Le Plaza, and the Villa Empain, during the first half of the 20th century.

• Villa of Henri Nestlé, in Montreux (Transformation, 1910) • Riant-Château luxury apartment complex, in Montreux (1911–1913) • Résidence Palace, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, in Brussels (1923–1926) • Municipal Theatre, in Huy (1927) • Hôtel Atlanta, Boulevard Adolphe Max/Adolphe Maxlaan 3, in Brussels (1924–1929) • Development of the Grand Bazar, Boulevard Anspach/Anspachlaan, in Brussels (1926) • Hôtel Albert I, Place Charles Rogier/Karel Rogierplein, in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (1927–1928) • Hôtel Le Plaza, Boulevard Adolphe Max, in Brussels (1928–1932) • Headquarters of the Electric Company Electrobel, Place du Trône/Troonplein, in Brussels (1928–29) • Villa Empain, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt/Franklin Rooseveltlaan 67, in Brussels (1931) • Dispensary of the Red Cross, Rue du Rempart des Moines/Papenvest, in Brussels (1933) • Eastman Dental Hospital, Leopold Park, in Brussels (1934–35) • Building of the Régie des Téléphones et Télégraphes, Rue des Palais/Paleizenstraat, in Schaerbeek (1935) • Théo Fleischman, Avenue Hamoir/Hamoirlaan, in Uccle (1935) • Buildings, Boulevard Saint-Michel/Sint-Michielslaan, in Etterbeek (1936) • Concourse of the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg, in Brussels (1937) • Illustration — Résidence Palace, Brussels (1923–1926) • Illustration — Hôtel Atlanta, Brussels (1924–1929) • Illustration — Hôtel Le Plaza, Brussels (1928–1932) • Illustration — Headquarters of Electrobel, Brussels (1928–29) • Illustration — Villa Empain, Brussels (1931) • Illustration — Eastman Dental Hospital, Brussels (1934–35) • Illustration — Dispensary of the Belgian Red Cross, designed with Alfred Hoch, Brussels (1933)

Michel Polak is recorded as architect.