In Brussels, a municipal neighbourhood development designed by AgwA provides sports facilities for young people – though access is painstakingly controlled
Author Archives: Christophe Van Gerrewey
Capital gains: ZIN by 51N4E, Jaspers-Eyers Architects and l’AUC
The transformation of the World Trade Center in Brussels into a home for the Flemish government exposes the forces of capital at work
Christophe Van Gerrewey: letter to a young architect
Christophe Van Gerrewey became a father on 23 May of a daughter called Ada. He is looking forward to exchanging letters with her
Gravel rush: Negenoord observation tower by De Gouden Liniaal Architecten
Set in the borderland of Belgium and the Netherlands, De Gouden Liniaal Architecten’s earthen Negenoord observation tower commands views of a former gravel quarry imaginatively transformed into a nature park
Steel magnet: De Krook Library, Ghent, Belgium, by RCR Arquitectes and Coussée & Goris Architecten
Women in Architecture Architect of the Year 2019 shortlist: De Krook in Ghent by RCR and Coussée & Goris is described as being more than a library. But is it trying to do too much?
Farewell to architecture: contrasts and common ground in Flanders and Wallonia
Two opposing approaches, one breaking with the past, the other honouring it, characterise the architecture of Flanders and Wallonia respectively
War of the worlds: Port House headquarters, Antwerp, Belgium by ZHA
AR New into Old Commended: Rearing its woozy head above Antwerp’s sober Port House, the multifaceted extension by ZHA makes a clean break with the past