Before we start this post, we have some explaining to do! As you may have noticed, we were quite silent these last few weeks. But we have a legit reason for that: we renovated and moved into a thirties house. Brussels, the place we are based, and Belgium has a nice selection of interbellum architecture (in between wars). That’s why we show you a small selection of a big archive. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul
2012
Jul
2012
Belgian Interbellum architecture
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Jun
2012
Jun
2012
The Reference: Housestories
When hearing penthouse, we immediately think of the movie Pretty Woman (that’s normal, no?) in which Richard Gere stays in an impressive penthouse. When he invites our heroine up, she gasps in awe of the splendor of ‘his’ place. It’s this kind of luxury you can expect from the penthouse of Housestories in Brussels. And while there’s nothing wrong with the penthouse where Richard and Julia had some wonderful times, the Art Deco Penthouse we’re talking about has a lot more style and is more suitable for original souls with a taste for great design. Read the rest of this entry »
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Feb
2012
Feb
2012
Le Berger
The I Love Belgium team spent its Valentine night in a very special place. We’ve made you excited on our Facebook page and Twitter about it and here’s our report. Built in 1935 as a hotel de rendez-vous, the Hôtel Le Berger in the rue du Berger in Brussels is the talk of the town. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec
2011
Dec
2011
A Visit To Villa Empain
The recently renovated Villa Empain is certainly one of the most beautiful architectural masterpieces of Art Deco in Brussels. In 1930, at the age of 21, Baron Louis Empain had this private mansion of 2500 square meters built, on the prestigious Franklin Roosevelt Avenue. It is to the Swiss architect Michel Polak, that this splendid mansion is entrusted to. Michel Polak is already well known in Belgium: one of his major works consisted of the famous “Residence Palace” (1928) and the institute George Eastman in the Leopold Parc (the future Museum of Europe). Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec
2011
Dec
2011
Villa Dirickz
We know, we know, normally the I Love Belgium team writes about the “new” and “happening”. But sometimes we’re tending towards the old and established. That’s why we feel like talking about Villa Dirickz today, one of the finest examples of Modernism in Belgian architecture. Designed in the early thirties by architect Marcel Leborgne this villa, located in the green surrounding of Brussels, should be called a modern castle! Read the rest of this entry »
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Oct
2011
Oct
2011
Elisa Lee – GeoDeco
Glass jewellery artist Elisa Lee has a stunning new collection titled “GeoDeco”. Unique jewellery pieces that are mixing heritage, fashion and craftsmanship with an unseen ease. How she does it? Raised within a family of glass-blowers (her grandfather handling leaded light windows while her fathers turns glass into art) she developed a love for glass at a young age. Add her passion for fashion and you end up with a fresh look upon glass jewellery! Read the rest of this entry »
