Brussels Housing

The expanded second edition of Brussels Housing. Atlas of Residential Building Types has been published by Birkhäuser.

Brussels stands out for the richness and diversity of its residential heritage, ranging from grand bourgeois houses to Art Nouveau dwellings and modernist complexes. Through 121 carefully selected examples, the book traces the history and transformations of Brussels housing, shedding light on the city’s evolution and the challenges of urban residential design.

This new edition includes:

• a new chapter by Kristiaan Borret, Innovating in a Limited Territory, exploring the contemporary challenges of housing in Brussels under spatial and regulatory constraints;
• 13 additional case studies, deepening the analysis of residential typologies;
• exclusive photographs by Maxime Delvaux, offering a contemporary perspective on domestic architecture in the capital;
• a comprehensive project index, making it easy to navigate the various typologies presented.