Brussels: The Latest Architecture and News
C MIL Building Renovation / CASTOR FIBER architecture studio
1902_loft / POESENVANHIEL architects
-
Architects: POESENVANHIEL architects
- Area: 90 m²
- Year: 2022
-
Manufacturers: Axor, CJC systems, Mapei
Navigating 2024: European Cities Tackle Urban Cooling, Congestion, and Connection
As we begin 2024, European cities present various urban development markers that are setting the path for the new year. Under themes of urban mobility in Brussels, sustainability in Valencia, Smart Cities in Rotterdam, and urban cooling in Paris, each city is making noteworthy progress on the road to 2030. In these diverse urban fabrics, European cities are demonstrating a commitment to defining challenges and working towards shaping a climate-conscious future.
Children's Campus Theodoor / cuypers & Q architecten
-
Architects: cuypers & Q architecten
- Year: 2022
Werfstraat Passive House / Bovenbouw
MVRDV Transorms the Tour & Taxis District in Brussels with Qualitative Masterplan
Seven architecture studios, including MVRDV, have designed separate buildings in the long-anticipated master plan for the Lake Side development in Brussels. To introduce diversity, the master plan has been designed by MVRDV and aims to bring about a denser and more vibrant life on the Tour & Taxis side, offering various amenities for its residents. The newly designed site also includes different workspaces and a nine-hectare park that promotes a more car-free communal environment. The project’s entirety is supervised by MVRDV, who also designs one of the 17 buildings within the new master plan.
Medical Center Bles / OFFICEU architects
-
Architects: OFFICEU architects
- Area: 718 m²
- Year: 2022
-
Professionals: L.A.B.E.A.U.
BERK House Transformation / Bauclub
9 Social Housing Units / Atelier Tom Vanhee
-
Architects: Atelier Tom Vanhee
- Area: 1384 m²
- Year: 2021
-
Professionals: Ir Pascal de Munck, Moens Engineering, Recon group
BTR House / DeDal architectes
-
Architects: DeDal architectes
- Area: 210 m²
- Year: 2021
-
Manufacturers: Reynaers Aluminium, Forbo, Magali Cruysmans, STABALUX, Stone, +4
Duchesse House / Notan Office
-
Architects: Notan Office
- Area: 1080 m²
- Year: 2022
AG Campus / evr-Architecten
-
Architects: evr-Architecten
- Area: 5225 m²
- Year: 2022
-
Manufacturers: Roval Aluminium
-
Professionals: VK Engineering, SOCATRA NV
JEDA Apartment / Edouard Brunet Architecte
-
Architects: Edouard Brunet Architecte
- Area: 140 m²
- Year: 2022
-
Professionals: Batidar Construct, ESPRIT DE FER, Taac scsprl
Franklin Studio / BÉRÉNICE ET MATHIEU
-
Architects: BÉRÉNICE ET MATHIEU
- Area: 38 m²
- Year: 2022
-
Manufacturers: Lighting, Paint, Sanitary, Tiling
Sick Architecture: CIVA Exhibition Explores the Relation between Architecture and Disease
“Sick Architecture” opened on May 5th at CIVA in Brussels. Co-curated by Beatriz Colomina, the exhibition investigates the intrinsic relation between architecture and sickness. The architectural discourse always weaves itself through theories of body and brain, constructing the architect as a kind of doctor and the client as the patient. Architecture has been portrayed as a form of prevention and cure for thousands of years. Yet architecture is also often the cause of illness, from the institution of hospitals to toxic building materials and sick building syndrome. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic further highlighted this topic.
JDS + Coldefy + Carlo Ratti Associati + NL Architects + Ensamble Studio to Renew New EU Parliament Building in Brussels
The European design team integrated by architectural firms JDS Architects, Coldefy, Carlo Ratti Associati, NL Architects, and Ensamble Studio has been announced as the winner of the international design competition for the renewal of the Paul-Henri SPAAK Building, the European Parliament plenary building in Brussels, Belgium.