Bram de Maeyer
Historian and author of Building for Belgium: Belgian Embassies in a Globalising World (1945-2020), researching embassy architecture, diplomatic representation, and Belgian foreign real estate from 1945–2020.
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Jan 28, 2026 • 37min
Bram de Maeyer, "Building for Belgium: Belgian Embassies in a Globalising World (1945-2020)" (Leuven UP, 2025)
Bram de Maeyer, historian of diplomatic architecture and author of Building for Belgium, explores how Belgian embassies project nationhood abroad. He discusses why countries build purpose-built embassies, the role of ambassadors and architects in design, permit and neighborhood challenges, symbolic Cold War modernism, economic uses of chancery spaces, and surprising archive gaps.
Jan 28, 2026 • 37min
Bram de Maeyer, "Building for Belgium: Belgian Embassies in a Globalising World (1945-2020)" (Leuven UP, 2025)
Bram de Maeyer, historian and author specializing in diplomatic architecture, explores Belgian purpose-built embassies from 1945–2020. He discusses why states build embassies, how local planning and ambassadors shape design, and embassies as instruments of national image, art politics, economic diplomacy and real estate strategy. He also recounts archival challenges and previews research on an unbuilt 1942 pavilion.
