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Architects: B612 architectes
- Area: 8677 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Adobe, CARROCONSTRUCT, Delrue, FABRIBOIS, Nemetschek, +1
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Professionals: OLM, Ney & Partners
Marie-Françoise Plissart
Fontainas Island Reconfiguration / B612 architectes
8 Beautiful Belgian Houses: The Expert on Ugly Belgian Houses Weighs In
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.
Tensile Structures: 11 Edgy Images Under Strain
Capable of transforming a facade or shaping a sculptural roof form, tensile structures test the limits of our imagination (and understanding of geometry). This week’s photo set features structures that rely on cables, anchors, posts and membranes to create expansive, dramatic spans of open space bathed in natural light. Stark shadows and fair curves make tensile structures particularly photogenic, as captured in this set of images from Christopher Frederick Jones, Marie-Françoise Plissart, Yoshihiro Koitani and more.
12 Women in Architecture Photography (Part 2)
Is there an aspect, a recurring mark, that reveals a difference in the way that male and female architecture photographers see the world? This is, perhaps, one of those rhetorical questions often used as an argument to shed light on works produced by women and for which there is no precise answer.
Without claiming to offer an answer to this question—and in order to follow up on our first article that showcased a selection of women in architecture photography—we present here a new compilation of professionals who deserve attention for the quality of their photographic work. See our list below:
The Glass Centre / Philippe Samyn and Partners
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Architects: Philippe Samyn and Partners
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Manufacturers: BAECK & JANSEN NV, Schindler NV, T.H.V. Van Laere NV – ANMECO NV, Yvan Pâques
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Professionals: Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS, FTI sa, SETESCO, REYNDERS B&I
House of Alain Hubert / SAMYN and PARTNERS
- Area: 300 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Prefalux s.a., De Ceuster & Associés, Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS
House in the Outskirts of Brussels / SAMYN and PARTNERS
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Architects: Philippe Samyn and Partners
- Area: 560 m²
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Manufacturers: POTTEAU LABO
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Professionals: SAMYN and PARTNERS, FTI sa, JC Consulting, FORUM, John Jacob sprl, +3
Walloon Branch of Reproduction Forestry Material / SAMYN and PARTNERS
- Area: 1144 m²
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Professionals: Portal sa, Bouny Construction sprl, Duvivier sprl, Gobiet Frères sa, Koos & Cie sa, +1
Fire Station for the Sri-Charleroi / SAMYN and PARTNERS
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Architects: Philippe Samyn and Partners
- Area: 13359 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Assa Abloy, MOSO, Arcelor Mittal, Ergon, Skylux, +1
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Professionals: ASYMETRIE, Polygon Graphics, Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS, Ingenieursbureau MEIJER sprl, Plain-Foot
European Council and Council of the European Union / Samyn and Partners
- Area: 53815 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Jansen, Metos, POTTEAU LABO, thyssenkrupp
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Professionals: Buro Happold, Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS, SECO
Head Office of AGC Glass Europe / SAMYN and PARTNERS
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: AGC
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Professionals: SAMYN and PARTNERS
Covering of the courtyard of the Carré des Arts in Mons / Ney & Partners + AgwA
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Architects: AgwA, Ney & Partners
- Area: 3570 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: AgwA, Ney & Partners, Kahle Acoustics, Lixon, Veldeman
Jaax / Atelier Pierre Hebbelinck
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Architects: Atelier Pierre Hebbelinck