New Police Headquarters and Extension of Charleroi/Danses / Jean Nouvel and MDW Architecture

The new Police headquarters and the extension of Charleroi/Danses was designed by Jean Nouvel and MDW Architecture. The City of Charleroi has commissioned the CFE group to design, build, finance and maintain this ambitious project. More images and architects’ description after the break.
House Rot Ellen Berg / architecten de vylder vinck taillieu

Architects: architecten de vylder vinck taillieu – Jan De Vylder, Inge Vinck, Jo Taillieu
Location: O., Belgium
Design Team: Jan De Vylder, Inge Vinck, Jo Taillieu, Sebastian Skovsted, Olivier Goethals
Structural Engineering: Arthur De Roover structureel ontwerp, Gent
Area: 182 sqm
Completion: 2011
Photographs: Filip Dujardin
House Bernheimbeuk / architecten de vylder vinck taillieu

Architects: architecten de vylder vinck taillieu – Jan De Vylder, Inge Vinck, Jo Taillieu
Location: GB., Belgium
Design Team: Jan De Vylder, Inge Vinck, Jo Taillieu, Lauren Dierickx, Gosia Olchowska
Structural Engineering: UTIL Structuurstudiescvba, Brussel
Area: 99 sqm
Completion: 2011
Photographs: Filip Dujardin
House BM / architecten de vylder vinck taillieu

Architects: architecten de vylder vinck taillieu – Jan De Vylder, Inge Vinck, Jo Taillieu in collaboration with Joris Van Huychem
Location: Ghent, Belgium
Design Team: Jan De Vylder, Inge Vinck, Jo Taillieu, Joris Van Huychem, Sander Rutgers, Lauren Dierickx
Area: 304 sqm
Completion: 2011
Photographs: Filip Dujardin
Sea Side Apartment / Ooze Architects

Architects: Ooze Architects
Location: Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Project: Holiday Apartment for a Dutch art collector
Area: 150 sqm
Team: OOZE, Eva Pfannes, Sylvain Hartenberg, Mauricio Freyre, Rene Sangers
Consultant: Mobile Kitchen / Tiles: Maxime Ansiau – Artist
Dining-table: OOZE & Vincent de Rijk – Designer
Curtain: Erick Klarenbeek – Designer
Site manager: Ruben Cattrysse – Crux architecten
Project Date: July 2010
Photographs: Jeroen Musch
Schuurbain / Atelier Vens Vanbelle

Architect: Atelier Vens Vanbelle
Location: Zedelgem, Belgium
Engineer: UTIL
Project Year: May 2010
Photographs: Tim Van De Velde
Vanhaerents / Lhoas & Lhoas Architectes

Architects: Lhoas & Lhoas Architectes
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 9,520 sqm
Photographs: Maxime Delvaux @ 354 photographers
Dijkstein / Weysen & De Baere Architects

Weysen & De Baere Architects recently won a competition to design a multi-funcional hall with a daycare center and small library in Sint-Katelijne-Waver, at the outskirts of Antwerp (Belgium). The building measures around 2.100m2, and spreads over 2 stories. The program occupies a significant part of the intervention site and in order to guarantee a building as compact as possible, the multifunctional hall is centered on the site. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Lebbeke Apartment Building / Weysen & De Baere Architects

Weysen & De Baere Architects shared with us their design for an apartment building in Flanders, Belgium which includes four units and an office on the ground floor. The construction site exists of two parcels, lying back to back, each with its own entrance from the street. More images and architects’ description after the break.
MIDRAS / GRAUX & BAEYENS architects

Architects: GRAUX & BAEYENS architects
Location: Dendermondsesteenweg 333b – 9070 Destelbergen, Belgium
Client: Builthings
Building contractor: Builthings
Construction year: 2009-2010
Square meters: 825.5 sqm
Photographs: Julien Lanoo Photographs
House DM-VL / GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten

Architects: GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten
Location: Hoogstraat 1 – 9890 Gavere, Belgium
Interior design: 2009-2011
Site area: 663 sqm
Built area: 219.1 sqm
Photographs: Philippe Brysse
House DS / GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten

Architects: GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten
Location: Prinsenkouter 12 – 9070 Destelbergen, Belgium
Completion: 2011
Site area: 1,071 sqm
Built area: 312 sqm
Photographs: Julien Lanoo, Philippe Brysse
House W-DR / GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten

Architects: GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten
Location: Frans De Potterstraat 9 – 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Completion: 2011
Site area: 162 sqm
Built area: 234 sqm
Photographs: Fay Pynaert, Philippe Brysse, GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten
House V-C / GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten

Architects: GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten
Location: Essestraat 170 – 9340 Lede, Belgium
Completion: 2011
Site area: 2162 sqm
Built area: 452.7 sqm
Photographs: Philippe Brysse
Antwerp Province Hall Proposal / SO – IL

Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO – IL), the New York-based firm of Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu, won the second prize in an invited competition for the new Province Hall of Antwerp, Belgium. SO – IL was one of five finalists for this important governmental project organized by the Flemish Government Architect. Their proposal reshapes the modernist typology of ‘tower on plinth’ into a supple building volume that combines autonomy with connectivity. More images and project description after the break.
Flanders Business School Renovation / BURO II & ARCHI+I

Architects: BURO II & ARCHI+I in collaboration with Jan de Vloed
Location: Korte Nieuwstraat 33, Antwerp, Belgium
Client: Flanders Business School
Project Director: Patrik Steels
Designer Architect: Lore De Baere
Project Architect: Dennis Delvael
Interior Architect: Anne-Mie Vermaut
Completion: 2011
Area: 1,608.07 sqm
Budget: € 2.695.921,28 [excl. BTW]
Photographs: Thomas De Bruyne
Residential Complex Le Lorrain / MDW Architecture

Architects: MDW Architecture
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Client: Commune de Molenbeek-St-Jean (public)
Project Team: Waterman TCA (Structural Engineer), MK Engineering (M&E Engineer)
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 835 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of MDW Architecture
House W / dmvA

Architects: dmvA
Location: Holsbeek, Belgium
Principal Architects: Mr. and mrs. Wathion – Van Hellemont
Project Team: David Driesen, Tom Verschueren, Valerie Lonnoy, Sofie Buggenhout, Liesbet de Winter
General Contractor: Van Merhaeghe (carcase work) – Alucobel (aluminium)
Constructional Engineer: Studie 10
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 288 sqm
Photographs: Frederik Vercruysse
Community Center / SO – IL

Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO – IL), the architectural practice of Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu in New York, was awarded the first prize in an open call by the Flemish Government Architect to design an 500 m2 community center for a small village in Flemish-speaking Belgium. Out of 5 designs, SO – IL’s solution was considered the most appropriate. More images and architects’ description after the break.
“Transforming Landscapes” Exhibition

Composed of works by Reiulf Ramstad Architects, the exhibition, “Transforming Landscapes”, opened at Sint-Lucas School of Architecture in Gent, Belgium on October 12th and will be up until November 4th. A collaboration with the Norwegian Embassy in Brussels/ L’Ambassade Royale de Norvège en Belgique, the event kicks off with a lecture by Reiulf Ramstad followed by the official opening and Vernissage.
Known as the largest school for architecture in Belgium, the uniqueness of Sint-Lucas School of Architecture stems from the combination of a long, rich tradition with a high reputation in architectural and design education. A large number of the leading Belgian interior designers, interior architects, architects, urbanists, artists and researchers, teaches at Sint-Lucas.
For more information on the exhibition, visit their official website here.
A Wood Screen for Dinant Road / Corbacreative

Architect: Corbacreative sprl
Location: Belgium
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 250 sqm
Photographs: Corbacreative
























































