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  • SUSTAINABLE CITY, Dubai – UAE

    SUSTAINABLE CITY, Dubai – UAE

    When we think of Dubai, we don’t really think of sustainability. And yet, that’s the challenge Diamond Developers has set itself by searching around the world for solutions to make real estate more sustainable and applying those solutions in Dubai. They have created a community in which every aspect has been thought out from a…

  • BMA: Portrait of Kristiaan Borret, Bouwmeester of Brussels

    BMA: Portrait of Kristiaan Borret, Bouwmeester of Brussels

    Following Olivier Bastin, the second Bouwmeester (Master Architect) of Brussels is Kristiaan Borret, previously the Bouwmeester of Antwerp. We compile a profile of his career and discuss the three pillars that make up the job of a Bouwmeester. His direct and sometimes brutal style has not only won him friends. Some firms, often called “the…

  • BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Sustainable urban planning

    BRUSSELS BUILDS GREENER : Sustainable urban planning

    What is sustainable urbanism in the Brussels-Capital Region, and more generally? Alexander D’Hooghe, Marcel Smet from ORG2 consultants, and Guillaume Van Der Vaeren from JNC International consultants, try to answer this question. an initiative of Brussels Invest & Export with the support of Cécile Jodogne, State Secretary in charge of Foreign Trade in collaboration with…