Toerist Modernist

Relaxing in the dunes (just imagine those houses w

Cosy times at this bungalow in the dunes by #jozef

A beautiful way to end the year for me and a beaut

Some wisdom to take into 2026 from these houses af

Thanks to everyone who joined interior visits this

One of my favourite memories of this year was pass

One of the highlights of this year that I never sh

Reconversion of two old town houses by the always

I would consider going back to school just for the

How to perfectly blend old and new: built-in wardr

Grey never looked so good! Beautifully restored #1

Surprise visits are the best visits: while doing a

My book is down to its last few copies (English on

Ok I have a new dream sink (the last one was a but

In the 1960s #jandejaegere designed a district of

And now for something completely different: last w

With #jacquesdupuis it’s always in the details: be

The beautiful entrance of the former home of artis

More from the beautiful #jantanghe bungalow I visi

I feel so lucky to have this job and some days I f

So good to be back yesterday at this wonderful and

Maybe my favourite detail at Villa Volman: a sort

Original joinery is getting so rare so happening u

This must be the most beautiful granito floor I’ve

Love a quirky letterbox - guessing it was also des

What do you get when you ask a group of architects

Cute, small apartment block by #hilairedeboom #193

I don’t like photographing this angle of a facade

Another one of the former atelier of #florisjesper

Murals by #florisjespers on the walls of his forme

A longtime favourite, this #1960s house by the wat

Met my dream bathroom at @vila_volman 😍 #kareljanů

Had a 🇨🇿 holiday this year and spent some time in

See u in August! Intriguing late modernist house f

A forever favourite: former hotel De Normandie in

A (creepily) quiet moment in the now abandoned Cla

Absolutely adore the colour scheme of house Peeter

Beautiful original shelving and fireplace of house

The dining area at house Peeters by #gastoneysseli

When garage doors were still works of art - signed

Car 🙄 Townhouse by #gastoneysselinck featuring thi

Here’s something really special: the Penton kitche

Can’t believe I never spotted this #1950s hotel Eu

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: it alwa

Don’t know anything about this house but just love

If you’ve ever wanted to snag the Ostend or Deurne

Inside the house of my last post: one of the bedro

Perfect house on a perfect Spring day: own home of

Absolutely adored these (multifunctional) stairs a

Last week I had the great pleasure of spending a d

I love a thick column #victorvanroeij #1930s #inte

Spent the first bit of April in Italy and of cours

Red has quickly become my favourite colour so I ab

The kitchen is probably my favourite space, especi

I can finally tick this one off my modernism bucke

Trying to capture the essence of this beautiful or

My favourite discovery in a really long time: this

Always a fun quest looking for an architect’s sign

I love a ceramic detail on a house, typically #195

Top tip: always check out the toilets Case in poin

A detail, but a wonderful one at that: built in wa

It’s kind of like this architect designed two hous

The dream: a modest bungalow in the dunes, surroun

Perfect weather to sit on the built in bench by th

Beautiful house asks for beautiful architect’s sig

Starting the year with a very good doorknob - on t

I’m not a fan of annual reviews but this was defin

One of the biggest mysteries to me since forever:

A good door by an unknown architect #interbellum #

Original kitchen in this house in the dunes by #ch

Lovely example of #newobjectivity / #streamlinemod

‘Tis the season (unfortunately) so here’s one from

Gotta love a thick column #cthomas #1930s #belgian

From last summer: holiday homes nestled in the dun

Egyptian influence on #artdeco is undeniable in th

Appropriate for fall and All Saints’ Day: beautifu

Beautiful #interbellum baby with plenty of notewor

Random entrance I passed from the #1930s with some

Can we bring back mosaics already?! School by #rem

Beautiful #artdeco details on this staircase, part

Simple yet beautiful house in #newobjectivity styl

An old and firm favourite, this house by #dancraet

Favourite ever terrace perhaps - and it could beco

Love a good mix of materials, especially if it inv

More seaside modernism - again no idea about the a

One of the many anonymous mid-century beauties in

Talk about bringing the outside in / living in har

The kind of #1950s entryway that’s slowly becoming

A bit difficult to take a decent photo from the ro

Always been curious to see more of this school tha

Always good to see a renovation instead of demolit

Never enough colours and materials: house for his

So simple yet so elegant, these stairs at the own

At the end of last year I went to visit @piaburric

Always a treat to be back in this 🔵 #oliviernowé #

I love a novelty doorknob and this cobble is such

No better place during rainy weather than a cosy c

More from the archives: lovely details of Palazzo

From the “archives”: art deco door, signed #michie

Courtyard of an open air school (yes you can take

So many lovely details in this hallway by #josboga

Even on an overcast day this facade shines: own ho

The kitchen dreams are made of: own apartment of #

Love how this load-bearing column is made visible

Just a nice chunky interwar doorway (no idea about

More #eduardvansteenbergen perfection in the Kempe

Inside yesterday’s post: children’s room with orig

The perfect modernist house (or double dwelling in

Can’t get enough of house Spruyt so here’s another

One whole year since this came out - and I’m still

Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting the w

Want to go back to blue skies and Italy in general

It’s been so fun discovering modernist houses alon

A sort of mild modernism: housing by #robertschuit

Caught just before this rear facade is taken over

I’ll never tire of the yellow tiles - green joiner

Such a treat to get to revisit #renaatbraem his ow

SUCH a treat to visit #casalana by #ettoresottsass

When the entrance of a bar looks like this, you ju

Even the cactus is originally from the #1960s at h

I pass this house at least weekly and today was th

Sometimes a house and its new owner are an instant

Drove past this and just had to stop and get a bet

I love a split level home, and this one was partic

Some years ago I happened upon this beautiful apar

This one always catches my eye whenever I pass by:

Expressway modernism; when I passed by this #expo5

With its hexagonal floor plan, steel construction

I love it when the letterbox is part of an overall

Compact but cosy, the best combo, in the own house

Simple and cosy, this fireplace with built in coff

Stairway to heaven(ly house) #arthurdegeyter #1960

Curious to see more of this? Next Saturday we’re v

They don’t make ‘em like this anymore: ceramic bat

Former office of #lodewouters inside his own home

Wonderful stairway, part of a school designed by #

Former shop in true #expo58 spirit; wish I could’v

Not sure about this bright yellow (anyone know wha

Some light in these dark days, with stained glass

A favourite from my book: such a simple yet cosy h

I love a tiny tile bathroom and really liked this

If you don’t have any of my walking guides, now is

Most of you probably know this one already but for

A lovely surprise last week: coming across an old

Cosy corner: I loved this built in seating at a vi

My favourite detail in any modernist kitchen alway

Wonderful light at this wonderful bungalow by #art

Obsessed with these mosaic panels by #jeanpierrede

The (former) telephone corner at house Prové by #j

Some yellow for this rainy day - showcasing the pl

A perfect staircase #gastoneysselinck #prosperbuyc

The best kind of #artdeco detail #1930s #belgianmo

Split levels at the own home of #rogerdewinter - l

A very good entrance (and doorknob) by #juliaanlam

Earlier this week I finally got to visit this wond

Talk about monumental: divine entrance by #janjaak

Wonderful interplay of materials in this shop, par

Anonymous art deco door that I liked and photograp

Dream kitchen - own home of #peteraldington #1960s

Didn’t manage to fully get it into the frame but h

After years of being on top of my bucket list, I f

Very beautiful (and very scary) elevator at reside

Such a satisfying door handle, and entrance in gen

Religious modernist architecture has fast become a

One more of the #1970s home by #fritzschaffrath an

Brutalist beauty: this split-level home by #johanr

Coming across a bubble house (or “maison bulle”) w

The most tranquil and beautiful place: sanctuary n

Very lovingly restored: @huisbilliet by #huibhoste

Such a great combination of materials on this faca

Somewhere I’d like to spend this Sunday: own apart

A very satisfying staircase by #mauricevanisacker

A time capsule from the #1960s, this villa by #edw

Obsessed with this entrance (and house in general)

More from this house by #renaatbraem in the Kempen

When @juleswabbes furnishes an apartment, even the

The cutest built in bench - former waiting room of

A good colour scheme and use of material by #marce

No one does decoration quite like #jozefdebruycker

The facade and stairway dreams are made of #jozefd

The entrance at villa Apers by #ernestapers, in a

The wonderful side view of house Schellekens by #r

Spent last Friday morning at the most wonderful #r

Inside the own home of #jeanmariehuberty a wooden

The luckiest find and the best coincidence, coming

I adored the simplicity yet ingenuity of this bath

When Spring had just sprung: museum by #kuniomaeka

Revisited a neighbourhood favourite today #bourgoi

Beautiful hearth sculpture by #joostmarechal in a

Loving the colour scheme and layout of this kitche

Another great example of harmony between architect

Not entirely original but so well kept: bathroom b

Another snapshot of @huisvandeburgemeester - view

Last weekend I got to spend an afternoon at @huisv

Some photos of last Friday’s book launch, thanks f

The place to go if you want a waffle or pancake in

I just loved these cute 60s stools against that bi

I love a good modernist church and this was one of

Can’t believe the day has finally come: first copy

Perfect view of and perfect weather for this perfe

Could it be the most beautiful toilet? #gentielvan

❗️heritage at risk ❗️ This house by #rogerdewinter

The wonderful, colourful stairwell inside one of t

The Japanese cultural institute, built according t

Extremely delighted / excited / proud / emotional,

The devil’s in the detail: wonderful door handles

So many inspiring, modern churches in Köln thanks

The awe inspiring St Kolumba chapel by #gottfriedb

The Funkhaus cafe by #peterfriedrichschneider with

An absolute delight: #wefersparamente sells liturg

Even the city hall in Köln is a mid century beauty

Talk about a dramatic entrance: that curtain is ma

The most beautiful cafe, dating back to 1911 and t

One of my favourite things about modernist archite

The back of a house never looked so good: house De

It was impossible to photograph the monumentality

Showers are definitely an exception in interbellum

Artist #renaatramon his favourite spot in his own

A bit difficult to photograph but this staircase /

One of my very favourite things about interbellum

In exactly two weeks we’ll be visiting this Art De

Recessed entrances - a selection #1930s #belgianmo

One of my favourite things about mid century archi

The library at Fondation Reine Elisabeth featuring

Another favourite: Kursaal by #leonstynen - with v

Never grow tired of this one: own home of #peterca

Rainy day yesterday brightened by this gorgeous st

Gotta love a thick column (and dito house number)

One of my favourite visits this year was a bungalo

Probably the cosiest house I had the pleasure of v

Let the sunshine in: dwelling by #georgespepermans

Died and went to marbrite heaven at Fondation Rein

I absolutely loved working with @autumnsonata.co a

Wonderful last tour of the year today - thank you

Remnant of #expo58 - part of an old pavilion desig

Grand staircase at the former telephone central #g

VERY excited to share the cover for my upcoming bo

A forever favourite facade, this dwelling by #walt

Love the angularity in this cosy home, by #janjaak

The best light today at former private clinic by #

Backside of artist house Spies, by #eduardvansteen

Beautifully renewed facade looking great in the su

Just one of the many extraordinary modernist gems

Good stairs (and tiles) at this residence by #silv

Small detail of the wonderful stained glass stairw

Could it be the cutest ever bathroom window? 🥹 #jo

Gorgeous stairwell at the own home of #françoisla

Anonymous interwar beauty #1930s #belgianmodernism

A touch of gold was not so uncommon in #1930s inte

Playful modernism, aka my kind of modernism #alfon

What a cutie. Unfortunately the name of the archit

I’m normally very anti less is more but this is gr

So grateful I was shown around by the original own

No one does it like #eduardvansteenbergen 👑 #1930s

The best light: own house of #carlivanhout #turnho

Throwing shade 😏 #raoulvanhoutte #1930s #belgianmo

Perhaps the most beautiful hallway I’ve ever seen.

The former Brepols factory by #jacquessaintenoy -

Gotta love a built in planter. This home designed

Cannot begin to explain my excitement when I disco

Didn’t know I needed a #granito (Belgian version o

I live for all marbrite (the glass tiles, Belgian

Own home of #eugenewauters #1950s #belgianmodernis

So happy I finally got to have a look at this gran

A rainy day calls for my first reel I guess?! In c

I love pretty much everything about this: the fact

Anonymous apartment entrance I came across back in

Shoot for @belleroseofficial - location scouting b

Good curves and wrought iron door on this anonymou

Cannot get enough of this swimming pool so here’s

Good curves and details #jeanplumier #1930s #belgi

I love a good mural, here at the entrance of an ap

Back to one of my favourite places of the past yea

Pretty run down but I’m still into the playful det

Don’t even know where to start with this 😭 got INC

Finally got the details on this cute house that I

Creative brutalism by #louisghysebrechts, who call

Some swanky stairs #gustaafdaniëls #1950s #belgian

I just love the curves in this concert hall. We wi

Somewhere I would like to sleep #fredsandra #lucpe

Hello, I am looking for a Liège native / resident

A bit on the small side but I adored all the detai

If I had to choose one architect whose designs I w

One of my favourite things about many modernist in

So simple, so chique - a dream by #juleslippens #1

Last month I had the pleasure of visiting the form

It is perhaps not the most striking building but I

I am obsessed with built in benches and this one b

Interested to know more about the house behind thi

Instagram vs. reality (thanks to my lovely assista

Unfortunately altered (after it lay abandoned for

Wish I could do my shopping here every day #louiss

I love to see how people actually live in modernis

A very pleasing Art Deco facade by #wernervanspran

Hi! In case you didn’t know: I’m making a book! Wi

From a couple of years back, and forever my favour

Revisiting this bathroom cause why not??! #marmori

Good t(o)ile(t) situation in the old library #geob

Hope to return here sooner rather than later, and

#eduardvansteenbergen, never ceases to amaze me #1

Wonderful Art Deco entrance #josephselis #1930s #b

Pheww these stairs. Designed by dad #eduardvanstee

Bringing the outside in #rogerdewinter #1960s #bel

Nothing but curves 🥰 #geobrosens #1930s #belgianmo

Turns out I have a dream toilet #leonstynen #1930s

Re: my last post; can we also bring back built in

Can we bring back stairwells with built in benches

Good tiles situation in this bathroom by #silvains

Ahh take me back! One of the many buildings we jus

Curvy cutie 🤗 chapel by #josébossuyt #1960s #belgi

My dream house you ask? Oh you know, just a simple

What a facade! Unfortunately anonymous #1960s #bel

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: bathroo

Rome in one photo: mid century apartment block inc

Wonderful staircase that I came across and that I

Most beautiful hidden door ever? Happened upon thi

One more from the school by #studiopassarelli, suc

One of the (many) highlights of our trip: school b

I’ll take two please 🎀 amazing marble chairs found

Anonymous mid century apartment block I really lik

Italian entrances are always on another level. Nev

More from the amazing Hotel Bottoja, what a dream

Highlight of today: Hotel Bettoja Mediterraneo #ma

Stepping into this store is literally stepping bac

Like a #mondriaan painting come to life - it doesn

Outside and inside view of a bedroom - so lucky th

Loved this little bridge operator’s house we came

Obsessed with this fat 🌭 heating #gerritrietveld #

New favourite staircase 😍 the colours! #syboldvanr

Don’t think I’ll ever get tired of #cubex kitchens

Elated after today’s enthusiastic visits to this m

When the back view is just as good as the front: t

Satisfying close up of “Resurrection church” by #a

I don’t even know where to begin with this wine sh

I’m crazy about this bubble fence (which returns o

Cannot get over this colour scheme 🥰 - social hous

Interbellum beauty: own home of #charlesvannueten

Hard to believe I never noticed this before: beaut

Such a great (and well kept) example of my very fa

A bit worn out but gotta love that pop of 🟡 #fbesa

Wonderful, wonderful example of the playful mid ce

Wonderful sculpture at this entrance by #franstuin

Could it be the most beautiful cinema? Either way,

Absolute and total dream kitchen 🥺 #jjpoud #kiefho

Glorious sunshine on this glorious home: former pr

Coming across this one literally stopped me in my

Really nice light on this really nice door today #

Almost 6 months in the making (2022 is the year I

Kitchen front and back - both 👌🏼 #dancraet #1960s

Another nice cheese shop with original interior -

Perfect weather for this one #graeffe #1950s #belg

Talk about a pool! A real stroke of genius by #pau

After years of wanting to visit I finally got the

A building I passed daily as a student but didn’t

I hate cars #albertpoels #1930s #belgianmodernism

It’s almost here! A 4.5 km walk through #deurne hi

Side (or back? Unsure) entrance to the amazing “Re

I don’t know who gave the ok for the hideous colou

Interbellum beauty #oscarvermeersch #1930s #belgia

Really enjoyed this hairdresser’s interior. Interi

Overgrown beauty - unfortunately no idea of the ar

Got lucky with the light today visiting this Ghent

A marvellous interbellum building, lovingly restor

After the kitchen this is probably my favourite de

So lucky that I was able to have a peek inside the

Kitchens and bathrooms are always my favourite roo

Some snapshots of a delightful #1950s neighbourhoo

A truly remarkable example of Art Deco #eduardcout

A bit overgrown but some nice details remain #paul

I’ve been absolutely obsessed with this house sinc

Childhood memories for me: apartment block I used

No idea about the architect but really liked this

I just love everything about the sculptural facade

Difficult to capture the radiant essence of this h

A year and a half after first ringing the bell I g

Another former butchers, this time turned bakery @

The man, the legend #renaatbraem #1950s #belgianmo

Stairs and tiles: these are a few of my favourite

Another anonymous mid century bungalow. This one s

I have been obsessed with this butchers (now chees

Nestled in the dunes lies this cosy holiday home,

Visited a most remarkable house by favourite #will

The upside to dusk setting in so early are cosy sh

Working on the #deurne walking guide as we speak a

Such a glorious detail to me and a nostalgic remin

Spot the differences… Maison Verley by #henrimouet

Even in the greyest of weather this chapel still h

The magical chapel Saint-Saulve with ceiling art t

Once again an anonymous facade that I’m very curio

I just love the attention to detail (the door hand

This sculpture by #jeanpierreghysels seems as mode

Not sure which I love more: the joinery on the doo

Beautiful example of all the in situ artworks at P

What a cheerful backdrop for meetings: mural by #g

Ok ok last one from this dream home; the cosy hear

Front and back of the kitchen at own home of #erik

The light was just magical today in this own house

Not sure which I love most: the wavy garage door,

I know I know this has basically become an account

#lucienengels sure knew how to do stairs, and the

Of course the home of #fridaburssens boasts severa

Hideaway in the woods, the beautiful former home o

Even as a vegetarian I couldn’t help but drool ove

Wouldn’t mind getting cosy around this fireplace r

One of the best facades I’ve had the pleasure of s

Couldn’t find any info on the architect but as goo

Even that damn fire extinguisher couldn’t take awa

I can’t tell you anything about an architect or in

The chandelier at Congress hall in Palais des Beau

Amazing AMAZING visit to the Palais des Beaux Arts

I simply love every detail about this building - a

I love a coincidental discovery and this one was e

I love a relief on a facade and this one has such

The way the light streamed in through those staine

I never tire of tiles, pt. 22: the all star versio

Wonderful entrance at the own home of #louisgeirna

Back in the #1950s a student home also housed a ch

Phewwww these stairs 🥺 #leonstynen #1930s #belgian

Perfectly blending into its lush green surrounding

Spent yesterday morning in heaven: beautiful home

Turns out #eeklo is a Mecca for modernist bungalow

Cannot get over this bathroom. Never before witnes

Looks like an entrance but actually part of a huge

Since starting this “project” (obsession would be

Aren’t these the most joyous and fun stairs you’ve

Might this be part of an upcoming walking guide fo

Huge planter + detail of the wooden ceiling + terr

The own home of #hubertsemal is full of hidden noo

Two favourite details from the flat designed by #d

So deceivingly simple but so good, this kitchen #a

I never tire of tiles, pt. 22 #dudok #1930s #dutch

The perfect day to return to Kursaal, a masterpiec

There’s so many details I loved about Maison Louis

When you really have to pee and accidentally stumb

Although orange was not the original colour, I sti

The wonderfully light Maison Delcourt by #richardn

Dream kitchen 💛 at the house of (and designed by)

Now from the outside (damn that car!!), Collège Né

The majestic dorm for Dutch students in Paris. Gre

Another great Zürich memory: this apartment block

More than a month later I’m still not over this ap

One of my favourite stores is Artikel Nr, housed i

More #renaatbraem cause who can ever get enough? #

Same goes for the toilets, just perfect #renaatbra

Don’t think I’ll ever get tired of the pavilion #r

Got to pay iconic mid century illustrator Lie (Lie

Gorgeous lamp by #pieterdebruyne for Arteluce (cab

I love a good stairs and found this one particular

More magic on the backside #jozefdebruycker #1930s

What you get when #jozefdebruycker gets carte blan

Bucheggplatz station is Swiss architecture at its

One of my absolute favourites in Ghent because of

Just a good entrance #andréhaeck #1930s #belgianmo

Can’t remember how I found this house (possibly so

Elderly home (now looking rather depressing tbh) b

I somehow never shared these on here, or the fact

Last one from this magical place: the back entranc

Outside and inside the lovely office #willyvanderm

A couple of weeks ago I returned to what has proba

I never get tired of these power stations by #jana

The kiosk at another great outdoor swimming spot:

Former school of arts and crafts, prime example of

So lucky to catch the owners of this flat today an

Probably the dreamiest bar I’ve ever laid eyes on

Two of my absolute favourite things combined: outd

No info to be found on the possible architect but

Some good curves and tiles #luciendemunnynck #1930

The sun came out especially for the arrival of the

Didn’t realise I had a dream garage door until I p

Good door(handle)s #1930s #belgianmodernism

Everything about this house is just perfect, can’t

Another anonymous beauty that I often pass on the

Can’t find any info on this interbellum beauty but

Art Deco at its most fabulous and striking and fun

Really exciting finding the exact location of thes

Something a bit different today but the #barbarahe

Good staircase at Tinside Lido, which has an amazi

The iconic High Cross House - wish I could’ve seen

More #mervynseal by the sea #1960s #britishmoderni

Excited to be close to many #williamlescaze buildi

Front and back of Heath Court - not pictured: stun

Wonderful collab between two of the best: #jacques

The dream: own home of #pierrehumblet #1960s #belg

Master of light #juliaanlampens #1960s #brutalism

Another anonymous entrance, but what a good one! #

The most idyllic place, and an amazing art gallery

Frustratingly difficult to photograph but so beaut

Unfortunately I couldn’t find any info on this #ar

Apartment block by #adrienblomme #1930s #belgianmo

Own home of #eugènedelatte with beautiful sculptur

I love a good #1950s building, and #rogerhomez is

Really interesting to notice the similarities in t

Although overall quite altered, House Stuyck is st

Tiles, tiles, tiles - so good! #françoisladavid #b

The dream of #expo58 is alive in Antwerp #adriaens

Just cannot get enough of the woodwork by #decoene

The whole house is a work of art but this staircas

Like stepping back in time: district house of Merk

One of my absolute favourites in Oostende: the wav