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1874 complex designed by Alphonse Balat, a mentor to Victor Horta. Several of Horta’s designs were influenced by these greenhouses.

photo by vintagefun77 (instagram)

edit: this is a brutalist sculptural front door. brutalist sculpture has slightly different principles then brutalist architecture in the sense that it allows more of an abstract shapes. both of them have the similarity of being bold, monochromatic and having raw texture.

photo: Milk decoration

Kawai Kanjiro, a key figure in the Mingei (folk art) movement, designed the house himself to function as both a home and a studio. It was constructed using traditional Japanese methods to evoke the rustic feel of a rural farmhouse, featuring heavy timber beams and sliding doors that open onto a private courtyard garden.

photo: Adam Stech