Back in 2006, architect engineer Peter Van Impe searched a place for his newly founded architects-engineer office titled AST 77 (Peter was born in 1977). As a result he stumbled upon an after-war terraced house located at the edge of the city park of Tienen (a city in Flemish-Brabant). After some research Peter got confirmation that this plot, of just 60 square meters, was usable for construction. Although never considers as a usable plot, Peter transformed it into a spacious house/office following the less is more principle! Read the rest of this entry »
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Oct
2012
Oct
2012
Unforseen Architecture
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May
2012
May
2012
The Factory
Storage capacity is one of the key elements when you are a kitchen and bathroom manufacturer. So what do you do when you’re in need of additional space? You construct some, there was only one problem: the large mixture in material, construction and roof typology on the manufacturing site created a mix-match of buildings. Brussels-based architect Stein Van Rossem came up with an inventive way to harmonize and create an unique identity for the site. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jan
2012
Jan
2012
A Forest Pavilion
When buying an old building plot overtaken by nature, it’s easy to bulldoze away. Instead, the young owner of this plot in Viller-la-Ville fell in love with the surroundings and asked Brussels-based architecture firm Stekke + Fraas to build him a small living unit one with nature. Read the rest of this entry »
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May
2011
May
2011
Steel Photography by Cafeine for CAAN
We know, the title of this article is a handful. Therefore we’ll brake it up into parts! First of all you have Cafeine, the architecture & Interior Photography Office by Thomas De Bruyne who provided us the photographs. Secondly you have CAAN architects who provided the photographed subject: an award winning steel extension of a historic house. Read the rest of this entry »
