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Boekentoren

The Boekentoren is a famous building located in Ghent, Belgium, designed by the Belgian architect Henry van de Velde. It is part of the Ghent University Library and currently houses 3 million books. The Boekentoren is directly adjacent to the Blandijn, the buildings of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy.

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1936

Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

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Henry van de Velde

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

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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

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