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Hotel Solvay

in Architecture by Victor Horta ()
  contributed by 2 Jordi Ber, 1 September 2009
The Hôtel Solvay is a large Art Nouveau town house designed by Victor Horta on the Avenue Louise in Brussels. The house was commissioned by Armand Solvay, the son of the wealthy Belgian chemist and...

Covent Garden

in Architecture by ART & BUILD ARCHITECT ()
  contributed by 3 DeConstrumatica, 7 October 2008
The project comprises a high-rise and a low-rise building in Brussels, Belgium.Shortlisted project in the World Architecture Festival.

Hôtel van Eetvelde

in Architecture by Victor Horta ()
contributed by 2 Jordi Ber, 1 September 2009
The Hôtel van Eetvelde is a town house designed in 1895 by Victor Horta for Edmond van Eetvelde, administrator of Congo Free State.The visible application of "industrial" materials such as steel...

Brigittines Chapel

in Architecture by Andrea Bruno
contributed by 128 miesvanderrohe, 16 July 2009
The chapel of the Brigittines, built in 1663, lies in a critical point in the urban fabric of Brussels. Closed between the railway and the Marolles neighbourhood, the old monument appeared dominated...

Covent Garden

The project comprising a high-rise building and low-rise building is meant to become an urban signal announcing the North area, the only purpose-built high-rise business district of Brussels. From an...

Forestry Hangar

in Architecture by Huiswerk Architecten
contributed by 128 miesvanderrohe, 12 November 2009
The old nursery garden of Groenendaal is situated at an open spot on the edge of the Sonian Forest. A number of little picturesque buildings are arranged alongside the upper edge of the sloping...

Atomium pavilion and esplanade

The first World Exhibition to be held after the Second World War took place in Brussels in 1958. During these glory days anything was possible, so the design of the countries’ pavilions was marked...