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Belgian Building

The Belgian Building, also known as the Belgian Friendship Building and Belgian Pavilion, is a historic building complex located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. It was originally constructed as the exhibition hall for the nation of Belgium at the 1939 New York World's Fair in New York City. One of the few buildings constructed for the fair that was designed to last beyond the event's end, the complex was initi…

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1941

Richmond, Richmond, United States

Education building

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Henry van de Velde

1863-1957 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Role: lead architect

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Henry Clemens van de Velde was a Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar, he is considered one of the founders of Art Nouveau in Belgium. He worked in Paris with Siegfried Bing, the founder of the first gallery of Art Nouveau in Paris. Van de Velde sp…

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Atelier Henry van de Velde

practice · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Role: designer

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