‘The Belgian architecture scene is one of the most interesting at the moment’, said Konstantinos Pantazis of the Greek office Point Supreme when, as a jury member, he reviewed the entries for the 2021 Brussels Architecture Prize. He is not alone in this belief. At home and especially abroad, Belgium’s architectural production and accompanying architecture culture have long been regarded as authoritative and worthy of close attention.

‘Belgium is enjoying one of those golden architectural moments when new architects emerge and high-quality design practices find the clients and the circumstances in which to shine, both at home and abroad’, Paul Finch, editor of The Architectural Review, wrote in 2018 in an issue devoted to Belgium. L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui followed a year later with a special issue entitled Belgique, une architecture négociée (Belgium, a negotiated architecture).