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Residence FSD / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 03:00:00 +0000

Situated on the edge of a forest, residence FSD is shaped on its inclined terrain.

Notary Van Damme / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Andreas Luco — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 02:00:00 +0000

Three notaries employ 24 employees in the Van Damme notary in Bruges. The building was designed around a number of essential spaces, such as auditoriums, meeting rooms, closed and open offices. This functional approach was aesthetically conceived to be reduced to its bare essentials. Minimal is combined with warmth, with an emphasis on line formation and proportions. The main materials that dominate both inside and outside are glass & concrete. The facade is largely glazed, alternately combined with concrete. Above the entrance, an overhanging glass cube provides shelter from the rain. The facade is a pattern of beam shapes in glass and concrete with well-considered proportions.

Obumex Outside / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0000

The new volume is a natural extension of the massive existing buildings. Key materials are concrete and lots of glass, which create an openness, where interior flows seamlessly into the exterior. The concrete guides the visitors' view towards the outside and also forms a neutral background for the furniture. Walking through the showroom, it almost feels like being outside. This exterior feeling is also strengthened by the swimming pool, which lies on the full length of the building and around the big surrounding L-shaped terrace.

Residence VDB / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Cristobal Rojas — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 05:00:00 +0000

The river Leie, that runs through the historic city Ghent is well known for its leisure boating. A bit further downstream from the city centre of Ghent, many boats reduce throttle or come to a full stop to gaze upon a residence, quite different from the other houses along the river. Amidst a golf terrain like garden lies a sculptural concrete bachelor pad, grafted on the lifestyle of its owner.

Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Langemark / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Sabrina Leiva — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 05:00:00 +0000

The ‘Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Langemark’, situated in Langemark, is a cemetery for soldiers. The lateral format of the site is the fundament op the landscape and the architectural concept. Original is the lateral format based on the line of defence (Hindenburglinie Langemark-Geluveld) parallel with the width of the cemetery. The line is visualised with concrete block along the three bomb shelters aligned to the north.

Versluys / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Sabrina Leiva — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 03:00:00 +0000

‘Groep Versluys’ is a real estate group formed in 1908 that has built around 700 residences, ranging from villa’s to exclusive residential projects, along the Belgian Coastline. A New headquarter with a distinct look was necessary for the further process of the firm. The headquarters are situated along the highway between Bruges and Oostende.

San Martino / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Sabrina Leiva — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 05:00:00 +0000

Somewhere in between the misty meadows of Nevele, on the corner of a newly developed business compound, lies the company of San Martino in the form of a long concrete volume.

Enjoy Concrete HQ / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Sabrina Leiva — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 02:00:00 +0000

Enjoy Concrete produces and installs architectural prefabricated concrete elements. The brief for their new corporate building was to combine a production hanger together with offices, while integrating their own product within the building. Being on a strategic point in between an industrial estate and a green canal, they wanted to be seen by the passing traffic, as well as to become a transition from green to industrial.

Villa KDP / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Daniela Cardenas — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 02:00:00 +0000

The villa is situated not far from the Belgian Coast near the French border, in an area plenty of dunes and trees. The site itself embodies a big natural dune that ascends towards the main street. A secondary road descends on the left side of the terrain, up till the entrance of the house.

Residence DBB / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Valentina Villa — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 02:00:00 +0000

“A place is a space which has a distinct character,” Norberg-Schulz postulates in Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture. Scanning the natural and built environment in search of hidden visual patterns and translating these elegantly into a contemporary architecture project is the mission he spreads. An empathy which is not unfamiliar to Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects. Owing to about five sensitive heritage sites on its curriculum, the Bruges situated architecture office already developed such an affinity with the historical architecture and atmosphere of West-Flanders that the approach for fortress Hazegras and its surroundings feels like a second nature.

Graafjansdijk House / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 02:00:00 +0000

In the 9^th century, the Graafjansdijk (dike) protected parts of France and Belgium against the storm tides from the North Sea and the Western part of the river Schelde. Currently only a short strip of this dike remains in the rural surroundings of the seaside village of Knokke, near the border with Holland.

Rob Systems HQ / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Cristian Aguilar — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 01:00:00 +0000

The new headquarters for ROB (Louage & Wisselinck) combines office space, a showroom with bar, and a production hall.

Tyne Cot Cemetery Entrance / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The reception infrastructure at Tyne Cot Cemetery -the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the world, built in 1927 by Sir Herbert Baker- is conceptually perceived as a subordinate pavilion, orientated by both physical and historical axes and surrounded by a sophisticated circuit for its visitors.

Notarishuys / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Jonathan Alarcón — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Hotel “Notarishuys” is an expansion for an existing restaurant. The new building, conceived as apavilion, holds a hotel containing 4 suites.

House Roces / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

Nico Saieh — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Villa Roces is integrated in an oblong terrain of about 70m long and 30m wide, situated in the forest surroundings of Bruges. The concept consists of a 50 m long and a 4.20 m high wooden wall flanking 6 m wide glass box is disposed.