VILLA DIRICKX THIS GRAND BUILDING IS LOCATED NEAR BRUSSELS IN THE MARIA JOANNALAAN 28 IN SINT-GENETIUS-RODE. IT DATES FROM 1931, AND WAS DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT LEBORGNE. THE OWNER WAS AN INDUSTRIALIST FROM CHARLEROI. VILLA DIRICKX, A MASTERPIECE OF ARCHITECTURE REMINDING US OF THE GREAT BUILDINGS OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, NOW STANDS EMPTY AND UNINHABITED. HIPPODROME WELLINGTON SITUATED IN OOSTEND OPPOSITE THE COASTLINE. USED TO BE ONE OF EUROPE'S BEST KNOWN HORSE RACING FIELDS. ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED BY ARCHITECT ANTOINE DUJARDIN AND OPERATIONAL FROM 1883. DESTROYED BY THE GERMANS IN 1942 AND RECONSTRUCTED FROM 1947 BY ARCHITECT FOBERT. NOW A PROTECTED MONUMENT WAITING FOR RESTAURATION. ANTWERPEN KIEL RENAAT BRAEM URBANIZATION. TOTALLY FIFTIES NEIGHBOURHOOD! RENAAT BRAEM'S HOME THIS COMPLETELY RESTORED AMAZING FIFTIES HOME OF BELGIUM'S PREMIER MODERN ARCHITECT IS LOCATED IN THE VAN MENEGEMLEI IN DEURNE, ANTWERPEN. IT CAN BE VISITED BY APPOINTMENT. ARENA HOUSING SCHEME DEURNE A SERIES OF STRANGELY SENSUAL ORGANIC BUILDINGS , DESIGNED TO OFFER AFFORDABLE MODERN APARTMENTS. ARCHITECT RENAAT BRAEM 1965. ARENA WIJK, DEURNE ANTWERP. HOTEL NORMANDIË HOTEL NORMANDIË IS LOCATED ALONG THE BELGIAN COAST AT THE KONINKLIJKE LAAN 1 IN OOSTDUINKERKE. IT DATES FROM 1939. THE ARCHITECT LAURENT BRUGGEMAN DREW UP PLANS FOR A SOBER BUILDING, BUT THE OWNER HAD A MORE ADVENTUROUS CONCEPTUAL VISION, SO 3 CHIMNEYS AND EVEN LIFEBOATS WERE ADDED. ARCHITECT WILLIE BRUGGEMAN ONCE CALLED THIS BUILDING 'THE MONSTER OF THE BELGIAN COAST', THUS DEMONSTRATING THE GENERAL LACK OF EMPATHY FOR THIS EXPRESSIVE BUILDING, REDUCED TO A SHIPWRECK ALONG THE COASTLINE FOR MANY YEARS ON END. AT THIS TIME IT HAS FINALLY BEEN RENOVATED (NOT RESTORED). EGW GENT GENT MUNICIPAL ELECTRICITY GAS WATER COMPLEX DESIGNED BY GEO BONTINCK. NOW SERVES AS PUBLIC LIBRARY.