Architecture and construction intersect in a special way on the building site. It is a place where theory and practice are tested against each other and where experimentation, innovation and the transfer of know-how take place. It is here that drawings of construction and design details are of crucial importance.

There can be no architectural highlights in beauty and innovation without intelligent technical solutions. The best architectural achievements are characterized by the symbiosis of architecture and construction.

Dirk Laureys, collection manager

Alfred Portielje, office building British Dominions House in Antwerp, 1924

Steel skeletons of the buildings Boerentoren and Compagnie Maritime Belge in Antwerp, c. 1930

Jan Vanhoenacker, schematic representation of the skeleton and detail drawing of the column cover of the Boerentoren in Antwerp, 1931

Jos Smolderen, construction site International Memorial in Liège (Cointe), 1934

Jos Smolderen, tower cross section of the civil monument of the International Memorial in Liège, 1930s

Jos Smolderen, dome cross section of the religious monument of the International Memorial in Liège, 1930s

Building of the Waasland tunnel in Antwerp by Pieux Franki, 1932

Jaak Alfons Van der Gucht, restoration Hof Van Liere in Antwerp, c. 1930

Léon Stynen and Paul De Meyer, Royal Flanders Music Conservatoire in Antwerp, early 1960s

Renaat Braem, Jul De Roover en Maxime Wynants, the Police Tower in Antwerp, 1960s

Léon Stynen, Paul De Meyer and Joseph Reusens, suspended construction BP building in Antwerp, c. 1960

Jul De Roover and Guy Nolf, social housing complex Silvertop in Antwerp, end 1960s

Léon Stynen, Paul De Meyer and Joseph Reusens, cantilevering roof beams on top of the BP building in Antwerp, c. 1960