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Architecture

Light touch

An architect’s plush and playful early modernist home in the Belgian town of Lier received a gentle polish from its new owners.

  • Issue #168
  • 9 min read
Light touch
Music

The next big things

Malaysian singer-songwriter AlexTBH and Belgian-Lebanese artist Tamino represent a new generation of musicians forging distinctive sounds while challenging cultural boundaries in their respective homelands.

  • Issue #159
  • 10 min read
AlexTBH sits at a keyboard in his home studio, surrounded by plants, candles, and a guitar
Urbanism

Industrial revolution

A new era is dawning for a former industrial neighbourhood in Brussels. The canalside Tour & Taxis area is now buzzing with energy as warehouses are redeveloped into cultural, residential and commercial spaces.

  • The Entrepreneurs #4
  • 5 min read
Industrial  revolution
Business

Field work

With its wide-open spaces and commerce-friendly buzz, the Westhoek region is proving that rural spots can be business hubs too. Welcome to the real remote working.

  • Issue #142
  • 11 min read
Field work
Diplomacy

Defence & Diplomacy

Estonia’s defence minister on what he expects from the US, a Belgian-Dutch embassy design conference and China sells missile defence to Serbia.

  • Issue #137
  • 4 min read
Modern architectural design of the Belgian-Dutch joint embassy building in Kinshasa
Defence

Defence Briefing

Vietnam’s surprising purchases from the US, and France’s defence exports have a moment.

  • Issue #126
  • 4 min read
Brazil's Força Aérea Brasileira KC-390 military transport aircraft with Brazilian flag and crew member visible at open door.
Business

Nuts and bolts

Cities don’t just happen; assembly is required. But the inner workings of urban development are often hidden. We meet the makers and architects doing the heavy lifting.

  • Issue #125
  • 8 min read
Nuts and bolts
Affairs

Cities

A multipurpose hospital in Milan, New York’s glass-skyscraper ban and Belgian bicycle taxes.

  • Issue #124
  • 4 min read
Cities

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