Reg.Nr. HA-2004/BE/03

"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
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.