Julien Lanoo Photographs is a young photo studio in the centre of Europe, in the Belgian-French region of Lille. By its personal approach and its images of high quality, the studio is worth the name of “quality house”. Since its start in 2007, the studio photographed some of the worlds finest architecture. This includes names such as Jean Nouvel, Beal Blankaert, Sanaa and Shigeru Ban. But it’s not only the international names that find there way to this studio, Belgian studio’s such as DierendonckBlancke Architects, VitraPoint Ghent and BURO II are on the client list as well. Read the rest of this entry »
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Julien Lanoo Photography
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Jul
2010
Jul
2010
Rosas Danst Rosas
In 1983 Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker was a revelation in the modern dance scene because of her repetitive, minimalistic choreography. Her extremely powerful composition, Rosas danst Rosas was also the start of the Rosas group; the four female dancers – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Michèle Anne De Mey, Fumiyo Ikeda and Nadine Ganase – were the first members of the new dance company. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul
2010
Jul
2010
Camouflage architecture
Brick architecture is as old as the bible and has been used in thousands of ways. The Belgian architecture office Atelier Vens Vanbelle got inspired by an army technique to give your typical brick house a modern twist. Using the brick as a three dimensional camouflage pattern they broke the heaviness of the massive black cube while adding texture and a good portion of Belgian humour. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jun
2010
Jun
2010
Filip Dujardin – Fictions
Although he’s from Ghent, a historical city filled with picturesque buildings, that’s not the sort of world photographer Filip Dujardin creates in his own photography work. Instead he has taken photographs of nondescript, often post-modern buildings and remixed them using Photoshop to create strange hybrids. The results may be fantastical, but could never be described as whimsical. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jun
2010
Jun
2010
’t Casteelken designshop
Where to shop for good design in Belgium? Brussels, Antwerp, Liege or Ghent? No, it’s in Rumbeke… ‘t Casteelken is since 1976 located in the centre of this little village in the west of Flanders. So why would you go there? First of all it’s the biggest designshop in Belgium (yes big is better), selling brands such as Cappellini, Flos, Kartell, Moroso,Vitra, … They also have a fine selection of Belgian design brands including Quinze & Milan, Vlaemsch, When Objects Work and Extremis. Read the rest of this entry »
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May
2010
May
2010
Le Fabuleux Marcel flagshipstore by B-ILD Architects
I Love Belgium announced it a few weeks ago as a new B-ILD Architects project and now it’s actually a fact: Le Fabuleux Marcel de Bruxelles’ first flagshipstore. Read the rest of this entry »
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2010
Apr
2010
B-ILD Architects
One of I Love Belgium’s main objectives is to support young and upcoming talent. The brand new architectural office B-ILD in Brussels certainly matches both criteria.
Kelly Hendriks and Bruno Despierre have worked at the finest architectural agencies in Belgium and the rest of the world. Bruno worked for Conix Architects who did the entire renovation of the Atomium (and also designed the new Atomium pavilion). Kelly travelled the world studying in Japan, doing a Master in Architecture and Urban Culture in Madrid and working for OMA in New York and 51N4E in Brussels. Read the rest of this entry »
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Mar
2010
Mar
2010
RAC – Studio Arne Quinze
The RAC, or fully the Reference Government Administration Centre, gets the full redevelopment it deserves. Two years after the dull renovation of the Finance Tower, I Love Belgium received some exiting preview images for a future we can only dream of! Read the rest of this entry »
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2010
Jan
2010
JDSarchitects
JDS stands for Julien De Smedt, a young (35) Belgian architect who founded his Copenhagen based architecture firm in 2006. Today JDS has multidisciplinary offices in Brussels and Oslo that works with architecture, urban planning and even event design.
After attending schools in Brussels, Paris, Los Angeles and London, Julien De Smedt received a diploma with commendation from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London in 2000. He then went to Rotterdam to work for OMA and Rem Koolhaas.
In 2001 he went to Copenhagen to set up the architectural practice PLOT together with OMA colleague Bjarke Ingels. The company fast achieved success and received national and international recognition for their inventive designs. This included several commissions and competition wins as well as a Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture. Their first major project to be realized was the award-winning VM Houses in Ørestad, Copenhagen in 2005. In spite of the success and attention, PLOT was disbanded in January 2006 and Julien De Smedt founded Julien De Smedt Architects. Read the rest of this entry »
