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Brussels Dual Residence / Atelier Tom Vanhee

Hadir Al Koshta — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000

The Brussels townhouse consists of three stories with an attic, a basement level, and a rear extension with an intermediate level. The ground floor connects directly to a walled garden. Characteristic elements such as interior joinery, ceiling mouldings, and original wooden plank floors are preserved as much as possible and remain defining features of the building.

Meandering Furniture Villa Renovation / Atelier Tom Vanhee

Hadir Al Koshta — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000

The renovation of the house in Brussels represents a thoughtful transformation of a traditional detached home into a vibrant and functional living space. Initially characterized by its small, dark rooms and disconnected layout, the house has an open, interconnected design that maximizes natural light and enhances everyday living.

Butterfly Townhouse / Atelier Tom Vanhee

Hadir Al Koshta — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000

The project concerns the renovation and extension of a townhouse with a basement, two above-ground floors, and an attic. The existing enclosed rear extensions were structurally unsound and obstructed the relationship with the outdoor space, resulting in limited daylight on the rear of the ground floor. The client wished to improve daylight penetration and strengthen the connection with the garden.

Destrier Housing Block / Pierre Blondel Architectes

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Located along Chaussée de Louvain in Brussels, the project is embedded in a heterogeneous urban fabric.

Contemporary Garden City / L’atelier DEV architecture

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 28 May 2025 03:00:00 +0000

The Bon Air A neighborhood in Anderlecht is a rare gem among Brussels garden cities. Unlike most others, which have been absorbed into the city's dense urban fabric, Bon Air remains in the suburbs, preserving its low-density character and open, village-like feel. This distinction gives it a unique place in the city's history, but it also presents challenges that need to be addressed in a thoughtful and contemporary way. Originally, Bon Air was designed with a network of smaller streets complemented by wide pedestrian alleys, creating a balance between accessibility and walkability. Archival photos highlight how these alleys served as vital spaces for social interaction and play. However, over time, the expansion of car dominance has drastically reduced the width and importance of these pedestrian pathways, leaving them nearly non-existent or marginal. This shift has not only altered the neighborhood's physical layout but also its social dynamics.

BeursBourse Public Building / Bureau d’Etudes en Architectures Urbaines + Popoff architectes + Robbrecht en Daem architecten

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The Bourse in Brussels has just reopened its doors, exchanging its status as an urban fortress built in the 19^th century for that of a genuine public building, given back to the citizen for the next upcoming centuries. In doing so, it envisions a highly accessible, vibrant, and diversified future. The architects of the project are Bureau d'Etudes en Architectures Urbaines, Popoff architectes and Robbrecht en Daem architecten.

Quatuor Building / Jaspers-Eyers Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Quatuor: A Model of Sustainability and Striking Architecture - Quatuor is a remarkable office project located at the gateway to Brussels's Noordwijk neighborhood. Developed by Befimmowith Jaspers-Eyers Architects, it comprises four compact structures spanning 60,000 square meters. The project's key inspiration was to create a sustainable environment that integrates harmoniously with the urban landscape. Jaspers-Eyers Architects opted for playful, organic shapes, resulting in curved facades that offer a unique character.

Gare Maritime Workspace / Neutelings Riedijk Architects + Bureau Bouwtechniek

Paula Pintos — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:00:00 +0000

Gare Maritime, once Europe’s largest railway station for goods on the Tour & Taxis site in Brussels, has been transformed into a covered city with a mixed program of working and shopping and plenty of public space to relax. Under impressive steel roofs, Neutelings Riedijk Architects designed the new Gare Maritime as a City District; ‘a city where it never rains’.

The Cosmopolitan Building / BOGDAN & VAN BROECK

Paula Pintos — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +0000

At the Quai aux Pierres de Taille, a former quay of the no longer existing harbour of Brussels, surrounded by old warehouses and next to the Royal Flemish Theatre, a 60’s office tower rises above its neighbours. The style and scale of the construction contrast with the local urban fabric, but thanks to its perpendicular implantation to the street the tower remains discreet and often unnoticed. The project profoundly transformed this building into a mixed-use complex comprising 130 units divided in a variety of dwellings ranging from compact smart studios to generous 3 bedrooms apartments.

Headquarters of the Province of Antwerp / XDGA

Andreas Luco — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 02:00:00 +0000

The new building replaces a complex of modernist building volumes that used to occupy the entire site and could not be adapted to today's sustainability standards. As the Antwerp city centre has few public green surfaces, the transformation of the site from a merely private, mineral, and infrastructural area into a public garden is a crucial requirement of the competition brief. Surrounded by fragments of public green, the parcel is key to the formation of a larger, coherent park. Another – contradictory - demand was to maintain a more recent representational pavilion, which was positioned as an obstacle in between the fragments.

Folly for Sun and Sound Pavilion / Fala

Valeria Silva — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 06:00:00 +0000

The structure doesn’t exactly decide between being a stage, a room or a plaza. It is made of a series of plateaux and four façades with distinct characters. The overall volume recalls the nearby barracks but its language is nothing military.

MAD Brussels / Vers plus de bien être + ROTOR

Cristobal Rojas — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000

MAD Brussels is a fashion and design expertise platform based in Brussels. Its new building, which subtly combines grand architectural features with an elegant aesthetic, will contribute to achieve MAD Brussels’ ambition to become the go-to meeting place for fashion and design professionals in Brussels.

AD Classics: Hôtel van Eetvelde / Victor Horta

Luke Fiederer — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 04:00:00 +0000

To the contemporary observer, the flowing lines and naturalistic ornamentation of Art Nouveau do not appear particularly radical. To some, Art Nouveau may even seem to be the dying gasp of 19th Century Classicism just before the unmistakably modern Art Deco and International Styles supplanted it as the design modes of choice. The Hôtel van Eetvelde, designed in 1897 by Victor Horta—the architect considered to be the father of Art Nouveau—suggests a different story. With its innovative spatial strategy and expressive use of new industrial materials, the Hôtel van Eetvelde is a testament to the novelty of the “New Art.”

Vincent Callebaut Architectures' Plans for Eco-Neighbourhood in Brussels

Niall Patrick Walsh — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Vincent Callebaut Architectures has released plans for the development of a radical eco-neighborhood at Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium. Covering an area of 135,000 square meters, the proposal will see the redevelopment of the early twentieth-century Gare Maritime, and the construction of three residential “vertical forests” reaching 100 meters in height. The architect’s ultimate vision is a neighborhood which embraces technological progress, sustainable building principles, and renewal of the built heritage.

European Council and Council of the European Union / Samyn and Partners

Cristobal Rojas — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 02:00:00 +0000

The current building used for European Council and Council meetings - the Justus Lipsius - was planned in the late 1980s, when the EU had 12 member states, and is in use since 1994.

Nursery and Housing HQE Bruyn / B612

Daniela Cardenas — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000

The project, situated along Bruyn street at Neder-over-Hembeek , envisions the construction of 65 apartments and a day- care with 48 places. The apartments are divided into 5 distinct buildings constituted of systematic modules, where the layout, thanks to a series of direction changes, permits to avoid any repetitions devoid of nuances. The day care is on the frontage of this new urbanistic entity. Its presence contributes to the dynamism and quality of the future neighbourhood.

Le Toison d’Or / UNStudio

Karen Valenzuela — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 03:00:00 +0000

Designed for ProWinko and in collaboration with Belgian architects Jaspers-Eyers, Le Toison d’Or is a hybridisation of a traditional building-block typology and a mixed-use development with a retail podium.

Empereur / architectesassoc.

Cristian Aguilar — Tue, 05 May 2015 15:00:42 +0000

Construction of a mixed-use housing and office building boulevard de l’Empereur in Brussels.