Robbrecht en Daem architecten

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Ghent
Robbrecht en Daem architecten

Founded in 1975 by Paul Robbrecht and Hilde Daem, the firm has completed a diverse range of projects

11/07/2025

The Friendly Tower in Houthulst, Belgium is open to the public as of this week!

The new observation tower on the open landscape of the IJzerbroeken is a pentagonal figure whose shape incorporates the structure of flowers and plants. The viewing platform offers views of the surrounding historical, geometric bodies of water. The tower aims to be accessible from each side, with a high gateway for adult visitors, a low one for children and three very low, symbolic openings for the smallest passers-by (a shoveler, a sedge warbler, perhaps a fox?). Through a wooden latticework skin, ascending visitors always retain a view of the landscape, while their movements are filtered to not disturb life around the tower.

Together with and .

11/06/2025

Private house in East Flanders, Belgium. Work in progress and an ode to geometry, with the vesica piscis representing the act of looking. Within the project, this space fundamentally looks towards the sky, oriented to catch the late sun and let in its stunning colours.

03/06/2025

Private house in East Flanders, Belgium. Work in progress and an ode to geometry, with several (half) vesicae piscis in dialogue with each other, in the design of the house and the landscape.

05/05/2025

Abdij van Park (Park Abbey), Heverlee. Work in progress and an ode to geometry, with two pentagonal tower volumes as circulation cores. That pentagonal shape has an enigmatic character because it has no parallel sides. Opposite a plane lies an angle, which creates an internal tension. The concrete tower was emphatically placed with a point towards the historic building, seeming almost detached from its façade. As a result of this positioning, highly valuable Romanesque façade elements - remnants of a 13th-century church - are afforded views from the staircase of the tower volume.

In collaboration with and BAS.

23/04/2025

We love how Eva Vermandel uses the Concert Hall in Bruges as the setting for her exhibition while playing with the building’s materials, light and perspectives. ‘My Apple, Your Eye’ – on view at Concertgebouw, Bruges until 4 May.

Photo by Paul Robbrecht

10/03/2025

Playful season’s greetings! Puppets for Puppet Theatre, designed and created by Paul Robbrecht for his grandchildren, 2016.

Photos by Thomas Hick (1-2) and Brecht De Roose (3-6)

07/03/2025

New reception building for the Rubenshuis in Antwerp, 2024. Now featured in A+311!

In collaboration with , , , and .

Photos by Filip Dujardin

23/12/2024

One for the time of year: artist Luc Tuymans painting his ‘Angel’ in the Concert Hall in Bruges, back in 2012. We wish you all peaceful holidays and a new year filled with joy and happiness.

Photos by Jens Compernolle and David Samyn

19/12/2024

City Archives, Sint-Niklaas, 2022

In collaboration with , and artist , who created the work ‘Twelve characters’ for this project. It is a series of figures who keep you company while waiting.

The City Archives were recently included in the 16th edition of Flanders Architectural Review, ‘Answers in Responsibility’. Our gratitude to .

Photos by

26/09/2024

Looking back on an enchanting evening during the Looking back on an enchanting evening during the concert ‘Bartók in Space and Time’, for which we truly wish to thank , and !

With the support of .be, Benoît De Leersnyder and Hans Meijer.
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Photos by Lara Kinds and Esther Schepens
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19/09/2024

Preparations for tomorrow’s concert: we are transforming the Henry Le Bœuf Hall for ‘Bartók in Space and Time’ ! It will be a captivating blend of architecture and music, inspired by Bartók’s ‘Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta’, performed by .

Photo by Esther Schepens

28/08/2024

The new reception building of the Rubenshuis is completed and will open as from Saturday 30 August 2024! The addition forms the new architectural gateway to the universe Rubens created for himself. It houses the public reception area, a multimedia experience centre, the library, spaces for public activities and back-office functions.

Although the new building is definitely of the 21st century, memories of Rubens resound in it. The volume is planned on the spot where Rubens’ extensive library was in 1639. Referring to this, the flanks of the new building are conceived as two giant bookcases facing each other over the full height. The facades - with their staccato stacking of colonnades - symbolize musculature, after the archetype of the strong body that was often central to Rubens’ paintings. Three large spiral staircases recall Rubens’ preference for monumental diagonals.

Despite its size, the new volume establishes a subdued relationship with the rest of the site: it avoids the major perspectival axes and occupies a rather lateral position. In this way, the new reception building serves the master’s universe and integrally preserves the view of the portico and the courtyard garden.

In collaboration with , , , and .

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