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1960s Emiel Van Loven modern house in Geel, Antwerp, Belgium
1960s Emiel Van Loven modern house in Geel, Antwerp, Belgium (image credit: Architecten Woning)
A time capsule and a modernist gem. This 1960s Emiel Van Loven modern house in Geel, Antwerp, Belgium has it all.
(image credit: Architecten Woning)
 
It really does. Pretty much untouched since 1969, this is the modernist dream. Ok, you?ll have to be able to uproot to the Antwerp area, but if you can, this is a huge house both inside and out, with period details to die for.
(image credit: Architecten Woning)
 
Has it been updated at all" I?m really not sure. I can?t see much evidence of anything being updated in over 50 years here, with the possible exception of the kitchen area. And even that might be some kind of futuristic design rather than a modern upgrade. You?ll have to book a viewing to know for sure. (image credit: Architecten Woning)
 
Outside of that, this is pretty much the brutal end of modernism in the mid-20th century. Certainly not brutalism, but not midcentury modern either. This is the kind of stark modernism that was the trademark of the 1960s.
(image credit: Architecten Woning)
 
So open spaces, exposed brick, wood and concrete detailing plus all of those uniform lines. And the lines don?t get much more uniform than the exterior of this one, Long lines of brick, but with overhanging canoes to keep the direct sunlight out of the rooms. Don?t worry, the full-height gl...