Tag Belgium

02-03-2023

Stitching a building together like a rag doll

In a surprising solution for renovation of a protected heritage home in the Het Zoute district of Knokke-Heist, a renowned holiday resort on the Belgian coast near the Dutch border, Delmulle Delmulle cut the volume into parts and replaced the ground floor with a new transparent level.

09-06-2022

Belgium is Design: “Our project takes us back to the future”

Ever a reliable presence at Milan Design Week, this initiative - which brings together all the leading names in Belgian design - sent a talented contingent of no fewer than thirteen young minds to SaloneSatellite, each carefully selected to put their research on show. Giorgia Morero, the coordinator of Belgium is Design, gives us an insight into what makes these young recruits - whose career paths range from technology to craftsmanship - so special.

06-05-2022

van Bergen Kolpa + META: Agrotopia urban horticulture research centre

A group of experts in food architecture, greenhouses, urban horticulture and energy reclamation built Agrotopia, a big urban horticulture research centre in Roeselare, Belgium which is open to the public for tours and educational programmes.

06-12-2017

Bovenbouw: renovation of buildings in Antwerp’s Leysstraat

Bovenbouw Architectuur renovated three nineteenth-century buildings in Antwerp’s central street, Leysstraat, for residential use in an area that had become purely a shopping district. Bovenbouw uses a delicate touch on a historic building.

08-06-2017

Dwarsligger by Observatorium in Aalst, Belgium

The city of Aalst in Belgium is divided by the river Dender but has no relationship with the water.

31-03-2017

A year without Zaha Hadid: an architect’s legacy

A year after the premature death of Zaha Hadid on March 31, 2016, here is a quick overview of a number of projects by one of the most controversial figures in contemporary architecture. The first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, her legacy for future generations was buildings of sculptural beauty that people either love or hate.

06-03-2017

Purified Residence by Wei Yi International Design Associates

It’s hard to design luxury without overdoing things. The architects of Wei Yi International succeed in creating a luxurious space which is as pure as its name suggests. In one word: zen.

01-03-2017

IN practice The state of committed architecture in Europe

The work of 37 studios shortlisted for the IN practice research project will be on display in Naples until March 8: a joint project by the Italian Architecture and Criticism Association AIAC and A10 new European architecture, supported and promoted by Gnosis Architettura.

24-02-2017

Coussée & Goris: visitor centre at Zwin Nature Park

Zwin Nature Park in Belgium now has a new centre for the protection of species and bio-diversity. Coussée & Goris architecten designed a visitor centre, stations for observation of flora and fauna in the park, and service areas.