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post updated 29 January 2026

Belgian Architectural Designs – chronological list

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Belgian Architecture News in 2026

29 January 2026
Kanal Museum in Brussels
Design: EM2N, noAarchitecten and Sergison Bates architects

render © Secchi Smith

26 January 2026
HANA Residence, Halle
Design: ZOOM architecten

photo : Dieter Van Caneghem

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Belgian Architecture News in 2025

25 November 2025
FREL House, Wondelgem, Gent, East Flanders, Flemish Region of Belgium
Design: ZOOM architecten

photo : Dieter Van Caneghem

10 October 2025
Specialized Concept Store, Geraardsbergen, East Flanders
Architects: CYCL architecture

photograph : Dieter Van Caneghem

22 September 2025
TRAVOO mixed-use office, Geraardsbergen, East Flanders
Architects: CYCL architecture

photo © Dieter Van Caneghem

23 July 2025
Antwerp Central Station Building News

image courtesy of architects practice
Antwerp Buildings
Creating a new identity for the ‘railway cathedral’ by combining an embellishing and enhancing lighting treatment with a contemporary and future-oriented experience of the environment and the building.

7 May 2025
DUMO Office and Library Building Antwerp
Design: ZOOM architecten

photo © Dieter Van Caneghem

13 January 2025
Wintercircus Cultural Hub, Gent, Vlaams Gewest
Design: OYO Architects

photo : Farah Lieten
OYO Architects transforms Wintercircus, a monumental historic building into a vibrant centre of innovation and creativity in Ghent

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Belgian Architecture News in 2024 – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

17 December 2024
Schoten House, Vlaams Gewest – see Ghent Buildings
Design: STAUT Architecten

18 September 2024
Dune House, Oostduinkerke
Design: OYO Architects

photo : Karen Van der Biest
The existing house, with a rich and storied history, survived the devastation of World War II, though only the half-buried floor containing the bedrooms remained intact. In the 1960s, the upper floor was rebuilt using wood.

22 August 2024
Tondo Bridge Brussels
Design: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen

photo : Bas Princen

21 August 2024
Art Room Brussels building
Design: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen

12 August 2024
Workshop House Bruges property
Design: studio MOTO

photo : Stijn Bollaert
In the suburbs of Bruges, a new two-family holiday-house with an integrated studio has been constructed on an existing plot from the 1960s, situated in a rural environment.

6 August 2024
Periscope, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders
Design: Claerhout-Van Biervliet Architects + studio Adriaan Claerhout

photo : Adriaan Claerhout
Challenges such as limited space and the urgency for sustainability are prevalent in today’s construction landscape. The Periscope project by Claerhout – Van Biervliet Architects offers an innovative solution, including a transformation of our perception of reality.

9 July 2024
JOSA House Extension
Design: Dieter Van Caneghem

photo : Dieter Van Caneghem
In the first phase we renovated the roof floor into an open living and sleeping loft. Subsequently, the ground floor of the house is to be renovated and extended.

13 June 2024
PILI House Extension, Gent
Design: ZOOM architecten

26 April 2024
Flanders House North Belgium
Design: SAOTA

photo : Adam Letch
Flanders House on a large, wooded lot in the Flanders region of Belgium offered SAOTA an opportunity to design a distinctive contemporary architectural object in the landscape that would simultaneously serve as a warm, outward looking living environment and engage meaningfully with its surroundings.

30 March 2024
Notary Office Dendermonde East Flanders
Architects: Claerhout – Van Biervliet

26 March 2024
SILT Event Venue, Middelkerke, West Flanders
Architects: ZJA and Landscape Architects: DELVA

photo © DELVA – Construction Team Nautilus – Sebastian van Damme
The new landscape icon in Middelkerke, named SILT, is an event venue on the Flemish coast. The distinctive design was created by DELVA and ZJA, in collaboration with OZ and Bureau Bouwtechniek, along with a series of experts forming the Nautilus Construction Team.

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Belgian Architecture News in 2023

5 Dec 2023
LUST House, Ghent, Vlaams Gewest
Design: ZOOM architecten

14 June 2023
Poort van de Prijkels Deinze, Flanders
Design: DELVA Landscape Architecture / Urbanism + KAAN Architecten (The Netherlands) + Studio Denk (The Netherlands)

image : Vivid Vision
Team DELVA – KAAN – DENKC-STUDIO, wins the tender Poort van de Prijkels. This led by Alheembouw-Steenoven, commissioned by the intermunicipal association and Veneco.

30 May 2023
SPA Solo, Brussels, Belgium building
Design: Ohra Studio

24 May 2023
Gent Design Museum
Design: Carmody Groarke

10 May 2023
Sports Centre Sportoase Groot Schijn, Antwerp, Deurne
Architects: ZJA in collaboration with OM/AR<

Flanders Architecture Institute Events News
Flanders Architecture Institute Events

16 Feb 2023
Montagne du Parc, Brussels
Design: Baumschlager Eberle Architekten

1 Jan 2023
Old Cottage Villa, Knokke, West Flanders
Design: Architects Claerhout – Van Biervliet

photos : Jan Verlinde and Andreas Vanwalleghem

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Belgian Architecture News in 2022

Renewed European Parliament Building, Brussels

14 Dec 2022
Flanders Longest Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge
Design: ZJA

3 Dec 2022
Wood Art Pavilion, Brussels
Design: Labscape studio

25 Nov 2022
Boerentoren Tower, Antwerp
Architects: Architect Daniel Libeskind

17 Nov 2022
Paul-Henri SPAAK Building – Renewed European Parliament Building Brussels
Design: JDSA

18 October 2022
Theunis Bridge, Merksem, Antwerp
Architects: architecture studio ZJA with Arcadis, Sweco and OKRA Landscape Architects

2 Oct 2022
Saint Alliance Luxury Apartment Building, Brussels
Design: Ohra Studio

22 Aug 2022
Duincasino Venue Building, Middelkerke
Design: ZJA

render © Proloog
The Venue Building Middelkerke in Belgium has been awarded with the prestigious International Architecture Award 2022. The design under the direction and supervision of Debuild is created by DELVA Landscape Architecture | Urbanism and ZJA, in collaboration with OZ and Bureau Bouwtechniek and various experts as members of the Nautilus Consortium.

6 Aug 2022
Technical Secondary School Zoutleeuw
Design: MR. STIR

photo : Serge Technau Photography
The size and scale of the surrounding buildings formed the inspiration for the special roof shape. As a result, on the one hand, the building blends in seamlessly with its surroundings and, thanks to the contemporary architectural translation, it constructs a symbolic and iconic appearance, appropriate to a main school building.

15 Jun 2022
La Cubanita Nightclub, Kortrijk
Design: De Baes Architects

photo © Frans Parthesius
La Cubanita is an extension of La Bodeguita Del Medio, a mainstay of Kortrijk’s nightlife scene. De Baes Architects worked with the owners to craft a space that embodied their multicultural heritage, creating an immersive guest experience that blends Cuban and Eastern motifs.

31 May 2022
Factory Face Lift in Waregem, West Flanders
Design: Enter Projects Asia

photo : Edward Sumner
Only weeks into the global pandemic, Enter Projects Asia based in Thailand, received an unexpected phone enquiry from Waregem, outside Brussels. The prospective client had a 300sqm mix-use project that needed ‘balance and calm’.

17 May 2022
‘t Centrum in Westerlo Kamp C, Flanders

14 Mar 2022
Architecture Faculty in Tournai, Wallonia, province of Hainaut
Design: Aires Mateus
New photos of this bold contemporary Belgian building was designed by Portuguese architects Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus:

photos © Daniel Lomholt-Welch

9 March 2022
The Belfry of Bruges, West Flanders

photo © Daniel Lomholt-Welch
The Belfry of Bruges (Dutch: Belfort van Brugge) is a medieval bell tower in the centre of Bruges. One of the city’s most prominent symbols, the belfry formerly housed a treasury and the municipal archives, and served as an observation post for spotting fires and other dangers.

27 Jan 2022
Agrotopia, Roeselare – Rooftop Greenhouse Agrotopia, West Flanders
Design: van Bergen Kolpa Architects and META architectuurbureau

photo © Filip Dujardin

With the rooftop greenhouse Agrotopia, van Bergen Kolpa Architects (NL) and META architectuurbureau (BE) have delivered Europe’s largest public building dedicated to urban food production, a commission from the Flemish research institute for agriculture and horticulture, Inagro, and REO Veiling.

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Belgian Architecture News 2021

14 Dec 2021
Belle-île Shopping Center Building, province of Liège, Wallonia
Architects: JDS Architects

image courtesy of architects practice
The project in Belle-île, Liège, is an extension of an existing shopping center. This shopping center is located between 2 waterways, the river Ourthe and the ‘Canal de l’Ourthe’, which flow into the Meuse a little further.

27 October 2021
Community Center Edegem Building, province of Antwerp
Architects: MKA Marc Koehler Architects

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Belgian Architecture News 2020

15 Dec 2020
Sports Hall Extension Campus Schoonmeersen, HOGENT campus Schoonmeersen, Flanders
Design: SADAR + VUGA d.o.o. with LENS°ASS Architecten

11 Dec 2020
University HOGENT Ghent Campus Schoonmeersen Buildings
Design: SADAR + VUGA d.o.o. with LENS°ASS Architecten

12 Oct 2020
Gare Martitime Brussels
Design: Neutelings Riedijk Architects

21 Sep 2020
Rain Amplifier Folly, Sint-Arnolduspark, Tiegem, municipality of Anzegem, near Oudenaarde, West Flanders
Architects: Matthijs la Roi Architects

photo : naaro
This cedar-clad rain sculpture and stage is in the Catholic forest environment of Sint-Arnolduspark. Located on a hill that acts as a natural amphitheatre, the stage is designed to host open-air performances where the dome acts as a sculptural backdrop.

1 Sep 2020
Heldentoren in Knokke-Heist, West Flanders

7 July 2020
3D-printed model home, Kamp C Westerlo
The Westerlo-based provincial Centre for Sustainability and Innovation in construction printed a house using the largest 3D concrete printer in Europe. The 90sqm dwelling was printed in one piece with a fixed printer.

29 May 2020
European Parliament International design competition news
The European Parliament have launched a restricted international single stage design competition for the renewal of the Paul-Henri SPAAK Building, its Chamber building in Brussels:
European Parliament Design Competition

24 Feb 2020
School De Brug Building in Bocholt

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Belgian Architecture News 2019

4 Dec 2019
The Station by the Sea, Oostende
Architects: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes

photograph : David Boureau
It is more than a hundred years since King Leopold II had the current Ostend station built. A bourgeois building with a magnificent architecture, worthy of the “queen of seaside towns”.

20 Nov 2019
P.Nt2 Mixed-Use Transformation Brussels by BOB361, Brussels
Design: BOB361 architects

7 Sep 2019
European Commission New Headquarters Brussels
Design: Christian de Portzamparc | Artelia | Florence Mercier

29 Jul 2019
EU Commission Premises in Brussels

13 Feb 2019
PC CARITAS Building in Melle

4 Feb 2019
FOS in Kuurne

8 Jan 2019
The New City, Oostende
Architects: C.F. Møller Architects and BRUT

image Courtesy architecture office
Revitalisation of old social housing neighbourhood in Belgium by innovative and sustainable architecture.

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Belgiaum Building Updates 2018

12 Sep 2018
NEO 2, BrusselsNEO 2 Brussels Building
Design: KCAP Architects&Planners

13 Jun 2018
Solvay Headquarters in Brussels
Design: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

1 Jun 2018
Hoge Blekker Watchtower, Koksijde, province of West Flanders
Design: NEXT architects

image Courtesy architecture office
How do you create a touristic landmark that catches people’s attention whilst fluidly merging with the surroundings? Connecting landscape and landmark formed a basis for the winning design by NEXT architects for the Hoge Blekker, a watchtower on the Belgian coast.

30 Mar 2018
Wetenschapspark Arenberg Masterplan, Leuven
Design: KCAP

image © KCAP
Rotterdam, 29th of March 2018 – The masterplan for ‘Wetenschapspark Arenberg’ in Heverlee has been updated. The science park is an important link in the further development of the Leuven knowledge region.

18 Mar 2018
Port House Antwerp Building
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects

23 Feb 2018
Flanders Architecture Institute Events

image courtesy of Flanders Architecture Institute
Flanders Architecture Institute Events
The ACROSS lecture series provides a forum for young Belgian architects on both sides of the language border. On 27 February, Brussels-based GRUE kicks off the new season, while landscape architect Bas Smets provides an introduction.

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Belgiaum Building Updates 2017

8 Dec 2017
Place Schuman Building, Schuman Roundabout, Rue de la Loi, European Quarter, Brussels
Design: COBE (DK) & BRUT (BE)

7 Nov 2017
Lorette Convent Apartments in Mechelen
Architects: dmvA

photograph : Bart Gosselin
By provoking action and reaction between past and present through the application of contemporary architecture, the remodeling of this entire block of buildings—including landmark buildings such as Hooghuys and the former Lorette convent—adheres to this evolutionary principle.

25 Sep 2017
The Herman Teirlinck Building in Brussels
Design: Neutelings Riedijk Architect

14 Sep 2017
Antwerp Tower in Belgium
Design: WAA

29 Jun 2017
Radisson RED Brussels Hotel Building News
Design: Graven Images

12 May 2017
Mies van der Rohe 2017 Emerging Architect Award Winner – NAVEZ Brussels Building, Schaarbeek, Brussels
Design: MSA/V+

7 May 2017
Barco One Kortrĳk, Belgium Headquarters Building, Kortrĳk, West Flanders
Design: Jaspers-Eyers Architects

23 Feb 2017
Quai de Rome – New Sustainable Wooden Supermarket in Liège, Province of Liège, Wallonia
Design: MDW ARCHITECTURE with H+G Architects

photograph © Séverin Malaud
The singular ambition of this project is to show that a development programme as basic as a supermarket can, if handled with ambition and craftiness, become a subtle operation of urban acupuncture that heals the place where it is built.

3 Jan 2017
DC L-Berg Ghent Building, Ledeberg – Nominated for Mies van der Rohe 2017 Awards
Design: architecten de vylder vinck taillieu

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Belgium Building Updates

Contemporary Belgian property designs in 2016:

23 Dec 2016
The Labyrinth: Limburg Public Structural Sculpture, Genk, Limburg
Design: Gijs Van Vaerenbergh

photo © Filip Dujardin
A collaboration of young Belgian architects and artists Pieterjan Gijs (1983) en Arnout Van Vaerenbergh (1983) – realized an experimental labyrinth to mark the tenth birthday of arts centre C-mine (Genk, Belgium).

23 Dec 2016
Mons International Congress Xperience (MICX), Mons
Design: Studio Libeskind, architects, with H2a

photograph : Georges De Kinder
Conceived as a new architectural landmark for Mons, the new convention center is a key element in a plan for economic revitalization, and serves as a connector between the old and the new. From the viewing platform at the top, a visitor can spy the 17th-century Belfry tower, a UNESCO Heritage Site, in the historic center of town, a new train station designed by Santiago Calatrava and the La Haine river.

13 Dec 2016
Antwerp Ring Cover Design Teams

6 Dec 2016
Belgian Cultural Plaza and Digital Port, Namur, Wallonia
Architects: 3XN

image from architects
At the confluence of the Meuse and Sambre rivers, adjacent to the historic Roman citadel and across from the Wallonian Parliament in Namur, Belgium; 3XN’s ‘beautiful game of terraces’ invites the rediscovery of this historic setting.