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We've selected what we feel are the key examples of Belgian Architecture. We aim to include projects in Belgium that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both.

We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and competitions across Belgium. The focus is on contemporary Belgian buildings but information on traditional architecture is also welcome.

Belgian Architecture : A-B (this page)

Belgian Building Designs : C-K

Belgian Building Developments : L-P

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Swimming pool K, Grimbergen, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, northern Belgium
Design: dmvA
Swimming Pool Belgium
photo : Frederik Vercruysse

Swimming Pool in Belgium - 19 May 2013
The architects describe this design thus: "although the principal dreamt for years of a swimming pool in his small garden, he chose to renovate his 17th century gentleman’s house first. While the contractors were about to start the works, the uninhabited school building, adjoining his garden, was offered for sale. The principal did not hesitate, works were stopped and the school building was bought. After many analyses and intense discussions it was decided to realise the swimming pool project first".

Schaarbeek Sports Hall, Schaarbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Design: O2 Architectes
Schaarbeek Sports Hall Belgium
photo : Filip Dujardin

Schaarbeek Sports Hall - 16 Apr 2013
The sports hall plays an important role as urban and social invigorator. It is a local landmark for neighbouring young people, particularly for those who don’t have access to any other recreational facility than neighbouring squares and streets.

Cemetery of Hoog-Kortrijk, western Belgium
Design: SumProject + Souto Moura Arquitectos
Crematorium Uitzicht Belgium
photo : Luis Ferreira

Crematorium Uitzicht - 9 Apr 2013
It is a matter of searching for calm and make peace with the impressive landscape of Hoog-Kortrijk. The cemetery of Hoog-Kortrijk is a serene place that folds with the landscape, with plateaus that slip rhythmically over the slope.

Zero Energy House, Lokeren, northern Belgium
Design: BLAF Architecten
Zero Energy House Belgium
photo : Stijn Bollaert

Zero Energy House Belgium - 26 Feb 2013
The allotment creates a condition that is both generic and specific, context and non-text. The house deals with this condition in an apparently indifferent way, whilst in fact it is questioning the allotment: it is reformulating the concept of the front, side and back facade by addressing the surroundings in equivalent ways, and it is consciously leaving any kind of fencing behind.

Buda Art Centre - Budafabriek, Kortrijk, western Belgium
Design: 51N4E
Budafabriek Building
photo : Filip Dujardin

Buda Art Centre - 12 Feb 2013
The last remaining textile factory on Buda Island - an area destined to become the cultural heart of the city - has been transformed into a number of multifunctional spaces. This large volume of 4.240m² on a site of 3.900m², situated in the middle of a city block, has been adapted through two main interventions.

Stadshal Gent : City Hall, Ghent, Belgium - Nominated for Major European Award
Design: Robbrecht en Daem architecten; Marie-José Van Hee architecten
City Hall Ghent
photo : Petra Decouttere

Stadshal Gent : City Hall, Ghent, Belgium - 31 Jan 2013
The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the five finalists who will compete for the 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. Stadshal Gent is one of the five nominated buildings. In total, 335 works in 37 European countries were nominated for the award.

Wintercircus Transformation, Ghent
Atelier Kempe Thill
Wintercircus Transformation Belgium
picture from architect

Wintercircus Transformation - 17 Jan 2013
Architects Atelier Kempe Thill has won the invited international competition for the transformation of Wintercircus Mahy in Ghent. The building that served as a circus building until the early 20th century will be transformed into a meeting-point and hotspot for creation and innovation.

Boekenberg Park, Deurne, northern Belgium
OMGEVING
Boekenberg Park Belgium
photo from architect

Boekenberg Park - 19 Dec 2012
The architects and landscape designers approached this building within the conceptual framework of an 18th century English Garden. The concept was to bring the visitor to the romantic natural setting and to confront him with emotionally charged dramatic 'events'.

Sint-Agatha-Berchem, north-central Belgium
Design: BURO II & ARCHI+I
Sint-Agatha-Berchem Housing Building Belgium
photograph : Filip Dujardin
Sint-Agatha-Berchem - 8 Oct 2012
Sustainable social housing district Sint-Agatha-Berchem, sites ‘Termonde’ and ‘Gérance’.
These new social housing units are in addition to the social housing district built in 1922-1925 by architect Victor Bourgeois. One plot is located along the Beheersstraat and has 43 units, the other one is along the Dendermondestraat with 32 units. On both plots, four blocks of apartments and low-energy houses have been built, classically aligned or in a sawtooth configuration.

Villa Roces, Bruges, northern Belgium
Architectuurburo Govaert & Vanhoutte bvba
House Roces
photo : Tim Van de Velde

Villa Roces - 3 May 2012 + LEAF Awards winner 22 Sep 2012
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.

The BrOnks Youth Theater, Brussels
Design: MDMA l Martine De Maeseneer Architects
The BrOnks Youth Theater Brussels
photograph from architects

The BrOnks Youth Theater Brussels - added 11 Aug 2012
As the first public building realized by MDMA, the BrOnks Youth Theater represents the culmination of two decades of practical and theoretical investigations. Indeed, the project has been underway throughout most of MDMA’s career – four distinct projects were designed for two different sites over a period of fourteen years.

Accent Offices Roeselare, western Belgium
BURO II & ARCHI+I
Accent Office in Roeselare Building Belgium
photo : Klaas Verdru

Accent Offices Roeselare - 7 May 2012
Accent Business Park offers all the advantages of a leading, modern business park: an excellent geographic situation, easy national and international access, ample parking space, a high availability of well-trained staff and a growing market outlet. The Accent Business Park currently offers seven office buildings with approx. 26,000 m² of office space and 650 parking spaces.

Architecture in Belgium

Major Architecture in Belgium, alphabetical:

Administrative Centre, Deinze
Tony Fretton Architects
Deinze Administrative Centre
photo : David Grandorge

Deinze Administrative Centre
 
Aéropolis, Brussels
sca Architectes Associés
Aéropolis Building
photograph : Marc Detiffe

Aéropolis Brussels
 
Antwerp Law Courts
Richard Rogers Partnership
Antwerp Law Courts
photo : R. Hoekstra / Kerremans

Antwerp Law Courts
 
Antwerp Port Authority headquarters
Zaha Hadid Architects
Antwerp Port House
picture from ZHA

Antwerp Port House
 
Avelgem Community Centre, nr Gent
Dierendonckblancke architecten
Avelgem Community Centre
image from architects

Avelgem Community Centre
 
Axa Belgium Office Building, Brussels
sca Architectes Associés
Belmont Court
photograph : Marc Detiffe

Belmont Court Brussels
 
The Barn House, Flanders
Buro2
Barn House Flanders
photo : Kris Vandamme

Barn House Flanders
 
Belgium Court of Justice, Hasselt
Jürgen Mayer H
Belgium building
image from architects

Belgium building
 
Bruges Retail Center Building
Buro II
Bruges Retail Center
image : Koen Van Damme

Bruges Retail Center
 
Brussels European Quarter Proposal
various architects
Brussels European Quarter
picture from S&R

Brussels European Quarter : Shortlist
 
Bruxelles Gare du Midi
Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Midi Station Brussels
image © Ateliers Jean Nouvel

Bruxelles Gare du Midi
 

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Major Architecture Projects, A-C, alphabetical:

Administrative Centre, Bonheiden, Antwerp
2007
VBM Architecten

Brigittines Chapel, Brussels
2007
Andrea Bruno

Bruges Concert Hall
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Robbrecht en Daem

Building for Provincial Youth & Recreation Domain, Sint-Jan-in-Eremo
2008
Coussée & Goris architects

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Developments in countries adjacent to Belgium

Dutch Architecture

French Architecture
C42 Citroen
photo : Philippe Ruault

German Architecture



Hergé museum, Louvain-la-Neuve
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Belgian Museum Building
picture © Nicolas Borel

Herge Museum building

Belgian Architecture Studio : Robbrecht en Daem

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