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Chipperfield completes ‘sculptural’ residential scheme in Belgium
The Hertogensite scheme in Leuven consists of a 14-storey tower, nine townhouses and a small apartment block, combined into a single building
Tag: Belgium
David Kohn wins international contest for Belgian ‘Tate Modern’
David Kohn Architects, working with Brussels-based noA Architecten and Asli Çiçek, has won an international competition to redesign the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent, Belgium
Sergison Bates wins Belgian university contest with radical revamp plan
Sergison Bates has won a competition for a £19.2 million project to convert two separate buildings into a new single business hub for Belgian university
Sharing is caring: Belgian practice ATAMA’s social enterprise retrofit
ATAMA has retrofitted a listed fire station in the Belgian city of Kortrijk to create Deelfabriek, a community space and home for social enterprises that promote sharing over ownership
Grandorge: Things are changing in Belgium
Belgian projects are pioneering reuse and circular-economy principles, says David Grandorge
Maccreanor Lavington reveals plans for post-‘Brusselisation’ retrofit
Anglo-Dutch practice Maccreanor Lavington has ditched earlier demolish-and-build-anew plans in favour of a ‘light touch’ triple overhaul within a key block in the Belgian capital
Sofie De Caigny: ‘Flanders creates good soil to grow quality architecture’
After nearly two decades at the Flanders Architecture Institute in Belgium, director Sofie De Caigny steps down this summer. She spoke to Anna Highfield about the country’s architectural scene, her favourite UK firms and winning work in Belgium
Ad Hoc Baroque: The rediscovery of Marcel Raymaekers, pioneer of Belgian recycling
Looking around Belgium to see who was doing what with salvaged architectural materials, reuse activists Rotor came across something quite unexpected: the prolific, jaw-dropping work of artist-turned-builder Marcel Raymaekers
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Why earth is the ultimate circular material
To achieve replication at scale, Nicolas Coeckelberghs of Brussels-based BC Materials favours compressed earth blocks over rammed earth
Why Belgium has become a happy hunting ground for UK architects
If you’re looking for fresh business opportunities, consider booking yourself a Eurostar ticket and taking a trip to Belgium