Brussels Modernist Architecture

Multi is an eighteen-story office tower characterized by floor-to-ceiling glass windows that overlook the Place de Brouckère in the heart of Brussels. The structure stands as a large-scale example of urban circularity, built through a…

OXY is a large-scale redevelopment project located in the central district of Brussels. The structure occupies the site of the former Muntcentrum, or Centre Monnaie, a building originally constructed in nineteen seventy-one. Architects…

The National Bank of Belgium is defined by its massive, two-hundred-meter-long Modernist headquarters, characterized by a long, regular colonnade that stretches along the street. Built between nineteen forty-eight and nineteen fifty-eight,…

The Jardin de la Cité Administrative sits atop a vast, elevated concrete deck that covers a subterranean parking complex. Designed by the Belgian landscape architect René Pechère and realized beginning in the nineteen seventies, this space…

Brussels Central Station is marked by nine high, vertical glass windows that stretch across its facade, representing the nine provinces of Belgium as they existed when the building opened. Occupying a large trapezoidal block in the heart…

The Ravenstein Gallery is distinguished by a central rotunda topped with a massive concrete dome, which is pierced by concentric circles of glass bricks that flood the interior with natural light. Built between nineteen fifty-four and…

The Royal Library of Belgium is a massive modernist complex of concrete and stone that dominates the Mont des Arts. Its seventeen floors contain over one hundred fifty kilometers of shelving, protecting a national heritage that includes…