Projects
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ART&BUILD architects – INNOVATION, Paris – France
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Steven 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…
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ROUBAIX HOSPITAL COMPLEX, Roubaix – France
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Art&Build architects continues to develop in the hospital sector with the construction of the Roubaix maternity unit. After winning a competition in 2011-2012, the Franco-Belgian architectural firm have devised a building that is a pleasant place for all its users. Project name: Roubaix Hospital Complex Address: 11 boulevard Lacordaire. 59100 Roubaix. France Assignation/Destination: Hospital –…
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RUE STEPHANIE, Brussels – Belgium
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Portrait of the artist Jean Glibert on the work he did at the « rue Stéphanie ». The CPAS (Public Centre for Social Welfare) in Brussels called upon the Baumans-Deffet firm to construct a complex of 17 housing units and a social restaurant in Rue Stéphanie in Laeken. The dimensional constraints of the site, its position, and…
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COLLEGE SAINT-BENOIT – SAINT-SERVAIS (Bâtiment Béguinages), Liège – Belgium
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Portrait of the artist Jean Glibert on the work he did at the Saint-Benoit – Saint-Servais College. The Saint-Benoit – Saint-Servais College in Liège wanted to grow. The Béguinages buildings were chosen by the developer who took on the ARTAU firm to carry out the work. The artist, Jean Glibert, intervened to complement the architectural…
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METRO BOCKSTAEL, Brussels – Belgium
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Portrait of the artist Jean Glibert on the work he did in Bockstael station. The architect returns to his discovery of Jean Glibert’s work in Bockstael station. A brutalist kinetic work that highlights the emerging concepts of mobility and speed in the 1970s. Technical sheet of this architecture video clip Journalist : Emma C. Dessouroux…
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OPERA, Liège – Belgium
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Portrait of the artist Jean Glibert on the work he did at the Opéra Gallery. The architect Daniel Dethier from the Dethier Architectural firm worked on the renovation of the old Opéra cinemas in the Opéra Gallery in the centre of Liège. The developer wanted to transform these places into amphitheatres that could seat 1600…
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AXA HEADQUARTERS, Brussels – Belgium
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The site of the new AXA headquarters is located between the Place du Trône and the Porte de Namur, and between Rue de la Pépinière and Boulevard du Régent (in Brussels). The A2RC Architects firm worked on a group of three buildings to create from them a single unit. Inside, some new ways of working…
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CLUSTER CHAMBON, Brussels – Belgium
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Chambon 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…
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SOLVAY 33-44, Brussels – Belgium
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In 2011 Immobel and BPI decided to buy the site of the old headquarters of the Solvay company, flagship of the Belgian chemical industry, which is located on both sides of the Rue Prince Albert (blocks 33 and 44). The challenge for the architects from the A2RC and Jaspers-Eyers architectural offices was to create a…
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EUROPA, Brussels – Belgium
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The 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…