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    Behind the Great Public Architecture Boom of Belgium

    … out of nowhere." Even considered generously, there was hardly any building culture in Belgium until well into the 1980s. The country’s most important architects were loners: Victor Horta, Henry van de Velde, Hans van der Laan, Juliaan Lampens, Lucien Kroll, Luc Deleu. There was never enough common ground between them to be considered a …

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    The Exhibition That Started An International Style: Art Deco

    … and white monument to Russian Constructivism realized in wood and glass. The Dutch pavilion, designed by J.F. Staal, was an Expressionist building composed of red brick. Victor Horta’s design for the Belgian pavilion, meanwhile, eschewed the florid Art Nouveau style for which he was known in favor of a stepped, rectilinear structure more …

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    What Historic Buildings Say About Our Connection to the Natural World

    … 1899, with its florid entrance. Equally fractal but even more curved are the Art Nouveau buildings from the same period, mainly in Europe, which include masterpieces by Victor Horta in Belgium, including his 1898 atelier, later Musée Horta, in Brussels, and Hector Guimard in France (entrances to the Paris Metro, built from 1900 to 1912 …

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    Exploring the Potential of Interiors and Design Objects in the Metaverse

    … by artist Ariel Palanzone—were auctioned off to support free education programs for children in underprivileged communities. PrevNextCOURTESY ORTAMIKLOSCOURTESY ORTAMIKLOSCOURTESY ORTAMIKLOS ORTAMIKLOSIn August 2021, design duo Leo Orta and Victor Miklos Andersen launched their digital exhibition-cum-videogame, Memory Foam, in collaboration with design galleries Superhouse and Friedman Benda. Players in the game take on …