Juliaan Lampens
Juliaan Lampens was a Belgian brutalist architect.Biography
After his studies in Ghent, Juliaan Lampens began his architectural career in Eke, East Flanders.
Although he started his career with more traditional architecture, Lampens' visit to Expo 58 in Brussels changed his architectural style to brutalism and concrete, much like the styles of Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
The most significant designs of Lampens included his personal house, the chapel of Our Blessed Lady of Kerselare in Audenarde, The Vandenhaute-Kiebooms House in Zingem, The Van Wassenhove House in Laethem-Saint-Martin, the Eke Public Library, the House Derwael–Thienpont in Gavere, the House Lampens-Dierick in Gavere, and the House Velghe in Deinze.
In 1974, Lampens began as a professor for the Institut Saint-Luc in Ghent, and earned the title of Full Professor in 1985.
Juliaan Lampens died on 6 November 2019 at the age of 93.
