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#Belgium office building with mansion inside plus#

The Archiduc is the stamcafé for many artists, past and present. Its hundred-meter long facade has 7 panels illustrating the glorious sports of the club: football and athletics. The football players of the Union Saint-Gilloise are lucky to play in one of the most charming stadiums in the city. Just like the Studio 4 in Flagey, the great Hall here, called Henry Le Boeuf, offers beautiful acoustics. Along with Henry Le Boeuf, they creatd a private society whose objective was the building of this temple of arts. Imagined by Victor Horta and built during the 1920's, the Palais des Beaux-Arts (Palace of Fine Arts) was created thanks to the will of Adolphe Max, then Mayor of Brussels. Its Studio 4, whose acoustics are close to perfection, is the homebase of the Brussels Philarmonic. While the RTBF has deserted it for Reyers, it now holds several Flemish media. Build between 19, this emblem of the plaza that bears its name, is the place from which the first Belgian news was broadcasted for the television in 1953. The Flagey liner (ship) doesn't need any introduction. It received Pope Jean-Paul II in 1985 and had béatification of Père Damien in 1995. The initial project was cancelled and architect Albert van Huffel was mandated to build a church that could welcome 5000 people without going over a budget of 20 million Belgian francs. While it was first meant to be neo-gothic, the war made things differently. Nowadays, the villa has the Boghossian Foundation within its walls and serves as the Art and Dialogue Centre between East and West cultures. It once served as a hotel, then was occupied by the Germans, before being used as the Russian embassy and then as a studio for RTL when it first came to Belgium. This temple of Art Deco is in a state close to the original. On avenue Franklin Roosevelt, a bit after the ULB campus, you will be able to find the villa Empain. Nowadays, the swimming pool is closed and is being forgotten while waiting for a potential restauration plan. There were apartments, yes, but also a theater, a swimming pool and other cultural and sports equipment. Now practically made invisible by the European Institutions, the Résidence Palace was first conceived as a high-class living complex. It was actually one of the reasons why it was placed as a UNESCO world heritage. Sans être Art déco à proprement parler, le Palais Stoclet (article in French) could be considered once of the triggering elements to this movement. While it began in France, this style will travel throughout the world, going by Belgium and all the way to Japan. Art Deco imposes it classical strictness to the curls and organic shapes of Art Nouveau.

This artistic movement was created in the years 1910 before reaching its peak in the decade that followed.

#Belgium office building with mansion inside plus#

C’est immédiatement après la Première Guerre mondiale que l’Art déco apparaît à Bruxelles, et plus précisément, lorsque Victor Horta, architecte belge.īefore we get to the Top 10, here's a bit of information about the history of Art Deco.