Brussels is rather hostile to the high-rise city. So when Henri Simons, then Alderman for City Planning in the City of Brussels, put forward the idea of constructing the highest residential tower in the kingdom (140 metres high for 251 apartments spread over 41 floors) on the site of the old Galeries Anspach warehouses, opposite […]
Read moreThe Lavoisier site, once occupied by the British American Tobacco company, has been transformed into social and regular housing units, with open plan space allocated for economic use. This transformation took place with the cooperation of citydev.brussels, the SLRB, and the architectural practice Assar Architects. with the support of SLRB-BGHM / Brussels Region Social Housing […]
Read moreThe Herman Teirlinck building houses the Flemish Region Administration. Following construction of the Brussels Environment building, it is the second commercial development, s site in Brussels. Designed by the Neutelings Riedijk Architects firm, it displays a contemporary version of the Royal Warehouse. Project name: Herman Teirlinck Address: Tour et Taxis. 1000 Bruxelles Assignation/Destination: offices Name […]
Read moreThe Gare Maritime was one of the largest railway stations in Europe. As part of the development of the Tour & Taxis site, Extensa hired Neutelings Riedijk Architects to design and regenerate the building as a covered town. This vidéo is in 2 parts: watch de second part HERE Project name: Gare Maritime Address: Tour […]
Read moreSteven Ware runs the Paris office of the Art&Build architects firm. Running through various French timber construction projects, he tells us about the innovative research advances being made by his firm on bio-sourced materials and on bimetal. Project name: INNOVATION Address: Paris, France Assignation/Destination: Façade, Green construction Name of architect: ART&BUILD architects Technical sheet of […]
Read moreChambon has been known for many years as the headquarters of the General Savings and Retirement Fund (CGER), at Rue Fossé aux Loups, Brussels 1000. In 2011 BNP Paribas Fortis sold all of the buildings to Allfin, the real estate group, now known as Immobel. The renovation and construction project was managed by the Jaspers-Eyers […]
Read moreThe Europa building, in the Schuman district in Brussels, is the seat of the European Council and the Council of the European Union. Designed by the office of Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS, architects and engineers, in partnership with Studio Valle Progettazioni architects, Buro Happold engineers, the building combines 9,271 square metres of conference rooms, 27,163 […]
Read moreThe Gare Maritime was one of the largest railway stations in Europe. As part of the development of the Tour & Taxis site, Extensa hired Neutelings Riedijk Architects to design and regenerate the building as a covered town. This vidéo is in 2 parts: watch de first part HERE Project name: Gare Maritime Address: Tour […]
Read moreThe municipality of Ixelles (Brussels, Belgium) has launched a design and build competition for the construction of a House of Employment (Maison de l’Emploi) on its property. The project was awarded to the A2m Office, who submitted an innovative proposal for making the programme work on the ground. The passive and BATEX building uses, for […]
Read morecitydev.brussels did not use to have any no built units intended for small SMEs in Brussels. But with the Brussels Newton SME Park, citydev.brussels has now created a park with around fifteen 250 sqm units. The building was designed by the architects DDS & Partners Architects and the Bureau d’Architecture Emmanuel Bouffioux. In March 2015 […]
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