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 […]
Read moreBrussels 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 moreDominique Delbrouck studied at La Cambre (Brussels) before joining movements seeking to preserve the quality of the city. She then signed up to the architectural grammar process of the Atelier d’Art Urbain, before co-founding the DDS & Partners firm, now DDS+. A “plus” that she intends to put to good use in each of the […]
Read moreFlorence Hoffmann is an architect at the Brussels cooperative ‘Générale’. She works mainly on public projects. With mostly political project ownership, she characterizes her architecture as combat architecture, in order to defend her projects at the competitions in which she takes part. Florence Hoffmann Générale www.generale.la info@generale.la With the support of Technical sheet of this […]
Read moreCestmira Vesela’s French sings. She came to Belgium for love, before joining the CERAU architectural firm. If you ask her what kind of building she would love to construct, she will give you a very straight answer: a football stadium. Cestmira Vesela CERAU www.cerau.be cerau@cerau.be With the support of Technical sheet of this architecture video […]
Read moreBarbara Wolff is originally from Cologne. Before joining the Synergy International firm, she was an associate with and managed JDS Architects in Brussels for 4 years, and has worked at Beel & Achtergael architects in Gent, Indigo architects in Cape Town, b&k+ in Cologne, and at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam. Barbara […]
Read moreLaurence Creyf is an architect and associate of Nicolas Vanden Eeckhoudt at the Vanden Eeckhoudt-Creyf Architectes firm. This small Brussels set-up creates mainly housing and art galleries. Laurence Creyf talks to us about the creative process that generates their architecture. Laurence Creyf Vanden Eeckhoudt-Creyf Architectes www.vandeneeckhoudtcreyf.be info@vandeneeckhoudtcreyf.be With the support of Technical sheet of this […]
Read moreAlicia Reiber is an architect and co-founder of the Urban Platform company. She talks about her architectural work within the company, her status as a female, a female architect and a female leader. Alicia Reiber Urban Platform www.urbanplatform.com mail@urbanplatform.com With the support of Technical sheet of this architecture video clip Journalist : Emma C. Dessouroux […]
Read moreIsabelle Corten is an urban planner of the night. She works with spaces, volumes, once night has fallen. She explains to us the methodology that has been set up to enable the optimal design of her creative process. Isabelle Corten Radiance 35 www.radiance35.eu info@radiance35.eu With the support of Technical sheet of this architecture video clip […]
Read moreAurélie Maes is an architect and co-founder of the firm “ici architectes”. She talks to us about her career and her vision of architecture. Is it possible to describe one’s architecture when this is ultimately a way of thinking rather than a particular design or trend? Aurélie Maes ICI architectes noussommesici.be contact@noussommesici.be With the support […]
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