Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts

Malt Joseph Chen (1895-1977) Architect

Malt Joseph Chen was a Belgian architect and teacher and director of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liege and Alderman of Public Works in Jupille.

Main achievements
Institute of Civil Engineers.
Building for the newspaper 'La Wallonie'.
Cheap houses in Jupille.

Huib Hoste (1881-1957) Architect

Huib Hoste was a French architect. He was born in Bruges and later studied in Ghent. He was educated in the Neo-Gothieke direction, which he mostly took the rational pursuit. His pre-war works are somewhat romantic tinted here we see a clear influence of Berlage. During World War I he worked in the Netherlands and he was influenced by building more businesslike. This can be seen clearly in the monumental memorial for the Belgium interned at Amersfoort. After the war, he encouraged the modern business direction and he defended his theses in various expenses.

Main achievements
Shop with house in Roeselare (1906).
Town house in Bruges (1907).
Tollbooth at the Jan van Eyck Square in Bruges.
Country house in Assebroek in Bruges (1912).
Monumental memorial for Belgium interned at Amersfoort (1916).
Shop for hardware (Vancanneyt) in Wervik (1920).
Pharmacy drugstore, now a restaurant in Wervik.
Our Lady's Church of Zonnebeke, along with Jules Fonteyne (1921-1924).
Housing complexes in Zelzate (1923).
Housing complexes in Kappelleveld on Lambert (1923).
North Sea Hotel and the house 'De Beir' in Knokke (1925).
Homes in Zele (1931).
Houses in Brussels (1933).
Urban design for Antwerp Left, along with Le Corbusier, unfortunately, this design has not been implemented.



Victor Horta (1861-1947) Architect

Victor Horta was one of the most prominent Belgian architects ever. He studied in Alfonds Balat and was director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. Victor Horta was one of the pioneers of the modern Belgian architecture along with Hankar Goovaerts and Jules Barbier.

Main achievements
Hôtel Solvay in Brussels.
His private home in America Street, Brussels.
Economies in Brussels (1899).
Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels.
Study for the Middle Station in Brussels.

Paul Hankar (1861-1901) Architect

Paul Hankar was a Belgian architect. He was a pupil of Henri Beyaert and worked with Vector Horta, in 1890, the renovation of Belgian architecture.

Important works
Private houses on the Avenue Louise.

Jean-Jules Eggericx (1884-1963) Architect

Jean-Jules Eggericx was a Belgian architect, urban planner and lecturer in architecture at the University of Cambridge (1914). He was also a teacher in Architecture at the National Higher School of Architecture La Cambre in Brussels from 1928 to 1937. He was also, from 1930 to 1932, a teacher in landscaping in the same school. As an architect, he was affiliated with the Department of the devastated regions (1919-1921). From 1920 to 1922 he was at the Experimentation Laboratory of the State. As an architect, he also served for the Belgian Government for the exhibition of 1935 in Brussels and 1937 in Paris.

Important works
Houses in the garden cities 'Le Logis' and 'Floridal' in Boschvoorde.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs, in collaboration with Raphaël Verwilghen.
Social Services Maria Thumas in Leuven (1946-1947).

Leonard Blomme (1840-1918) Architect

Leonard Blomme, a Belgian architect with eclectic tendencies (neo style). His preference went to the neo-Gothic and neo-Renaissance. He collaborated with his brother Henry Blomme (1845-1923) for the most of this buildings.

Known projects
St. Willibroduskerk in Antwerp (1890), Neo-Gothic.
Town hall in Antwerp (1889), Neo-Renaissance.
Castle in Ekeren-laar, neo-Renaissance.
St. Francis Church in Deurne (1900).

Henry Joseph François Beyaart (1823 Kortrijk - 1894 Brussels) Architect

This is a Belgian architect who represented the Neo-Renaissance of the 19th century. Almost all his work was done in the neo-Renaissance style.

Known realizations
The National Bank of Brussels (1864)
The Belgian Bank in Brussels
Train station of Tournai

Victor Bourgeois (1897-1962) architect

Victor Bourgeois was a Belgian architect and was professor at the National Higher School of Architecture La Cambre in Brussels and at the University of Paul Pasteur in Charleroi. He was a member of the Free Academy of Belgium, Vice-Chairman of the CIAM (Congrès Internationaux Archtectes Modernistes) (1928 to 1940), architect of the Belgian Government for Trade in Brussels in 1935 and New York in 1939, Member of the Supreme Council for Urbanism and Health, a member of the Technical Council of the National Society of cheap Houses (1938-1940). And like this was not enough, he was also active as leader of the magazines 'Au Volant ' (1919), 'Le Geste' (1920),'7 Arts' (1922-1928, 1948) and 'Bruxelles' (1932-1933).

Main works
Cite Moderne in St. Agatha (1922)
A house along the Weissenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart
Garden Districts in Frameries, Montigny-sur-Sambre, Kessel-Loen, Mont-sur-Marchienne; Technical School of Hainaut for female students in St. Guislain, the Postal Cheque Office in Brussels, the youth of the district in Marcinelle, Hospital St. Camille in Namur, Town House in Jurnet.