A space without natural light, architect Louis Kahn once stated, does not deserve to be called architecture. With and through light a building becomes real; it becomes inscribed in the cyclical time of the seasons. This thought seems too obvious to be defended. Nothing could be further from the truth when it comes to museums. The bulk of museums being built today eschew natural light.... Read more

In his contribution to the sixth edition of the Flanders Architectural Yearbook, Ákos Moravánkszy focused on the design of the delivered Concert Hall by Robbrecht en Daem. He points at the main references used by the architects: vernacular examples, the paintings from the Dutch Masters and the Flemish Primitives, Heimatliteratur of the 19th century, their idiosyncratic appropriation of Gothic and Baroque archit... Read more