Military church in Antwerp reinvented as a restaurant by Piet Boon
Dutch designer Piet Boon has transformed the interior of a former military hospital chapel in Antwerp, Belgium, into a contemporary restaurant featuring a sculptural chandelier. More
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Aires Mateus to design architecture school with a house-shaped entrance
News: Portuguese brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus have won a competition to design a new school of architecture in the Belgian city of Tournai, with plans for a complex featuring a house-shaped entrance void. More
Areal Architecten's Mayerhof retirement home wraps around two courtyards
This retirement home near Antwerp was designed by Belgian studio Areal Architecten around a pair of courtyards to avoid creating identical rooms along endless rows of corridors. More
Feathers and plumage in fashion celebrated at Antwerp exhibition
Garments by Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent and Thierry Mugler feature in an exhibition of feathered fashion at Antwerp's Mode Museum. More
Abandoned trailer converted into garden hideaway by Karel Verstraeten
Belgian architect Karel Verstraeten has transformed an abandoned construction-site trailer into a quiet retreat at the end of a family garden in Ghent. More
Brick colonnade screens renovated hunting lodge by DMOA Architecten
DMOA Architecten has transformed a former hunting lodge in Belgium into a family home, retaining the eight piers of its original brick facade as a garden feature (+ movie). More
Loft MM by C.T. Architects designed as an accessible home for a wheelchair user
This apartment conversion in Bilzen, Belgium, by C.T. Architects is designed as a stylish home for a wheelchair user and features practical storage including shelves built into either end of an angular dining table. More
Community Centre Woesten by Atelier Tom Vanhee has a contrasting gabled extension
Belgian studio Atelier Tom Vanhee has converted a former school building in the village of Woesten into a community centre and added a white gabled extension that appears to be sliding out of the original brick facade (+ slideshow). More
Community Centre Westvleteren by Atelier Tom Vanhee contrasts old and new bricks
Belgian studio Atelier Tom Vanhee has renovated and extended the brick buildings of a community centre in the village of Westvleteren using a contrasting contemporary brick (+ slideshow). More
Copper-clad house by Graux & Baeyens will change colour over time
Untreated copper cladding will gradually change colour from golden brown to vivid turquoise on the walls and roof of this house near Ghent by Belgian studio Graux & Baeyens Architecten (+ slideshow). More
Loft apartment with super-thin staircases by ADN Architectures
Folded steel staircases lead to elevated rooms atop freestanding metal towers inside this old industrial building in Brussels that ADN Architectures has converted into an open-plan apartment (+ slideshow). More
Community Home by Marc Koehler Architects
Dutch studio Marc Koehler Architects has extended a former primary school in rural Belgium to create a community centre with a folded roof (+ slideshow). More
Single family house by Pascal François Architects
Belgian studio Pascal François Architects has completed a two-storey house in rural Belgium that slots beneath the roof of an old stable block (+ slideshow). More
Wall House by And'rol
Precast concrete lintels with oozing courses of grout create a distinct facade on this house near Brussels by Belgian studio And'rol (+ slideshow). More
House Wiva by Open Y Office
Ghent studio Open Y Office has extended a house in Belgium, adding a concrete structure that could also function as a standalone residence (+ slideshow). More
Court of Justice by J Mayer H
German studio J Mayer H Architects has completed a building housing a law court, university library, auditoriums and offices in the Belgian city of Hasselt (+ slideshow). More
Siblingsfactory by JDS Architects
Cacti, gravel, concrete floors and a wooden bridge feature in this Brussels fashion boutique by JDS Architects (+ slideshow). More
CIRBUATS by Nick Ervinck
Belgian artist Nick Ervinck has masked the unattractive rear facade of a building in Ghent by constructing a gigantic yellow blob with a bar inside (+ slideshow). More
Town house EM by Areal Architecten
Belgian studio Areal Architecten inserted this brick and concrete townhouse into a residential streetscape in Mechelen near Antwerp. More
Markthuis by Barcode Architects
Dutch studio Barcode Architects has renovated a house in Belgium to make room to display a collection of hunting trophies. More