Binch and Art Nouveau

Town hall of Binch

The town hall of Binch in Belgium and its belfry constitute one and the same Gothic construction. The main facade is put up in Bavay sandstone and bricks and sandstone. This structure is probably standing on the spot where the first "maison dou bourc" was situated.
At the end of the 19th century, the city ordered a general restoration, under the command of the architect Langerock with the cooperation of the historian Ernest Matthieu.

Victor Horta and Art Nouveau

Belgium is also the country of Victor Horta, famous for his Art Nouveau architecture. Between the end of the 1880s and 1910, Belgium enjoyed one of the most fruitful periods in its cultural history. The birth of Art Nouveau made Brussels one of the artistic centres of Europe. Art Nouveau affected almost every aspect of art, but it found its architectural expression in the work of Victor Horta, Paul Hankar, Octave van Rysselberghe and Henry van de Velde. This illustrated book looks at the elegant and varied architectural heritage of the Art Nouveau movement in Belgium during this period.