In Belgium, housing accounts for the largest share of the architect’s design practice. For many architects it is a much-liked task through which to experiment with space, material, form and meaning. At the same time, there is no other assignment that presents such a variety of solutions as housing. Differences in housing culture, environment, climate, building practice and architectural themes determine this diversity.
The collection of the Flanders Architecture Institute contains a range of drawings of various typologies and design approaches.
Anonymous design for a neoclassical house in Lier, 1808
Enest Stordiau, house Appoloon in Antwerp (Berchem), 1894
Frits De Mont, country house in Kalmthout, 1907
Karel Van Riel, house in Antwerp (Berchem), 1930s
Paul Smekens, undated design for a farm workers house
Emiel Van Averbeke, artist's house, c. 1902
Eduard Van Steenbergen, house Poels in Kapellen, c. 1935
Jean-Jacques Jacobs, house Jacobs in Antwerp, c. 1934
Léon Stynen, house Wuyts in Brasschaat, c. 1928
Georges Baines, extension house Guiette in Antwerp, c. 1993
Christian Kieckens, house Van Hover-De Pus in Baardegem, 1990
Eduard Van Steenbergen, artist's house Baksteen in Schilde, 1930Would you like to consult an archive?
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