"Maison de Verre" (House of glass) Townhouse, Brussels
La Maison de Verre ("The Glass House") is recognized as one of the most emblematic testimonies of modernism in Belgium, among which we can cite the Guiette house in Antwerp by Je Corbusier, the houses of Eysselinck, De Koninck and Hoste. The inventions that the Glass House ...
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Project details
Title: | "Maison de Verre" (House of glass) Townhouse, Brussels |
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Entr. year: | 2004 |
Result: | Diploma |
Country: | Belgium |
Town: | Brussels |
Category type: | architectural heritage |
Building type/ Project type: | residential building |
Former use: | Townhouse |
Actual use: | Apartment house |
Built: | 1930s |
Architect / Proj.leader: | P.A. Michel - Architect , Bernard Baines & Christian Gilot, Architects |
The Jury's citation: | For the renovation of a paradigm of the innovative and pragmatic architecture of the 1930s, accomplished with great efficiency and respecting the simplicity of the original concept. |
GPS: | 50°48'58.9"N 4°21'39.2"E |
Description:
La Maison de Verre ("The Glass House") is recognized as one of the most emblematic testimonies of modernism in Belgium, among which we can cite the Guiette house in Antwerp by Je Corbusier, the houses of Eysselinck, De Koninck and Hoste. The inventions that the Glass House testifies to adapt the principles of modernity to an urban situation make this building a particularly remarkable achievement.
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