Tim Van de Velde

B&B ‘entrenous’ / Atelier Janda Vanderghote

January 31, 2019

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Architects: Atelier Janda Vanderghote
Area: 313 m²
Year: 2017
Manufacturers: Investwood, No Brand, Winckelmans, afzelia

House Machelen / Compagnie O Architects

January 15, 2019

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Architects: Compagnie O Architects
Area: 310 m²
Year: 2017
Manufacturers: Reynaers Aluminium, ELEVATE, RENSON, Saint-Gobain, AGC, +3De Clercq Serrebouw, Vande Moortel, cabrioroof winter garden-3
Professionals: Elbeko NV

Very Low Energy House Halle / HASA - Architecten

November 11, 2018

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Architects: HASA - Architecten
Area: 335 m²
Year: 2015
Manufacturers: DuPont, Hullebusch, SVK, Steng, TossB
Professionals: SVE Energy, BALT Engineering

De Lakfabriek / Wenink Holtkamp Architecten

October 29, 2018

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Architects: Wenink Holtkamp Architecten
Area: 1200 m²
Year: 2018
Manufacturers: Reynaers Aluminium, Alhako, Betopor, Breman, Waxed Wood
Professionals: Copal, Van Thiel Optimaal, Vianen Bouwadvies

Eperon d’Or, National Museum for Shoes & Brooms / Compagnie O Architects + Sabine Okkerse + Geert Pauwels

October 15, 2018

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Architects: Compagnie O Architects, Geert Pauwels, Sabine Okkerse
Area: 2443 m²
Year: 2017
Manufacturers: GKD Metal Fabrics, Jansen, David & Goliath, Etex Colombia, Winckelmans
Professionals: Himpe, Detrac nv, Ingenieursbureau Norbert Provoost

8 Beautiful Belgian Houses: The Expert on Ugly Belgian Houses Weighs In

July 21, 2018

Sometimes an architect’s best intentions get lost along the way. Sometimes they get value-engineered out; sometimes they were never really there to begin with. That's where Ugly Belgian Houses comes in. The blog, run by discerning Belgian Hannes Coudenys, documents some of his home country's architectural misadventures - all with a sense of humor, of course!

Today, to celebrate Belgium's National Day, we asked the man behind the blog to select some beautiful Belgian houses. His choices - with a few words from him and the architects - after the break.

Space-Saving Solutions: 33 Creative Storage Ideas

July 15, 2018

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The lack of storage space is a recurrent problem in homes. In most cases, residual spaces or uncomfortable corners are used to solve the lack of shelves, drawers, and closets. To efficiently incorporate these type of spaces into your designs, here are 33 remarkable storage examples.

15 Impressive Atriums (And Their Sections)

June 10, 2018

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Offices and cultural buildings both offer the perfect opportunity to design the atrium of your dreams. These central spaces, designed to allow serendipitous meetings of users or to help with orientation in the building, are spacious and offer a lot of design freedom. Imposing scales, sculptural stairs, eccentric materials, and indoor vegetation are just some of the resources used to give life to these spaces. To help you with your design ideas, below we have gathered a selection of 15 notable atriums and their section drawings.

Dentist Charlotte Mestdagh / Declerck-Daels Architecten

April 23, 2018

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Architects: Declerck-Daels Architecten
Area: 77 m²
Year: 2016
Manufacturers: EGGER, Abet Laminati, Amkel, Vola

13 Beautiful Barns from Around the World

April 15, 2018

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This week we present a selection of the best photographs of barns, both still in use and converted for residential use, that we have previously published on our site. These 13 projects reveal the relationship of these agricultural areas with rural work, the storage of food and livestock, and the imposing natural landscape in which they are located. Read on to see images from prominent photographers including Erich Spahn, David Aebi, and Matthieu Gafsou.