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82: 332: 489: 629: 399: 1229: 390:), the consortium Maison de la Radio Flagey (NV Omroepgebouw Flagey) purchased the building from the VRT and RTBF on 30 June 1998, with 30 companies working towards saving the building. The building was extensively renovated by architects including Storme Van Ranst, and was reopened in 2002. 500:, which were built in two acoustic towers forming the core of the building. The 2002 renovation restored the Flagey Building's original functions by creating a musical space with recording studios and concerts venues, allowing it to host an eclectic programme of events. 438:
to create a pole at the social level by demonstrating a joint action by representatives of the country's different communities with a view to creating a cultural institution of excellence with a European vocation. It also located in between the upmarket
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The building garnered critical acclaim as soon as it was finished, and the qualities of the studios attracted renowned classical, contemporary and jazz musicians to perform there (including
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The Flagey Building, designed by Joseph Diongre after winning a competition launched in 1933, was opened in 1938. The competition was launched to create a building to house the first
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The building owes its name to Eugène Flagey, a Belgian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Ixelles from 1935 to 1953. It is designed in
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has taken place there since 2015. Flagey is also home to other jazz events, such as the Brussels Jazz Marathon and the Brussels Jazz Platform.
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to create a cultural pole in Brussels, open to diverse musical styles, offering a large part to the image of different artistic disciplines;
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The building occupies a large site in the south-western corner of the square, with its main entrance on the Place Sainte-Croix. A number of
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to create an architectural and real-estate pole by safeguarding and reallocating the former building of the RTBF;
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The INR/NIR was later split into separate broadcasting entities, one for each language, the Dutch-language
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organ-builder Maurice Delmotte. Studio 4 is also used as a recording studio. The award-winning
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Its Studio 4 is one of the concert halls with the best acoustics worldwide, home to the
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The centre has a room permanently dedicated to cinema. It screens films programmed by
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Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Brussels (Belgium). Tram, Bus: 81, 38, 59, 60, 71, N09, N10
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The central portion of the building is dedicated to cultural activities, with five
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that are flexible in size and function. Part of the building is listed as a
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by the Monuments and Sites Directorate of the Brussels-Capital Region.
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Aside from being home to the Brussels Philharmonic, the centre hosts
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in Belgium, the National Institute of Radio Broadcasting (French:
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Art Deco building, now a cultural centre, in Brussels, Belgium
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The INR/NIR building on the Place Eugène Flagey in the 1980s
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were on the jury that awarded the prize to Diongre.
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The whole back wall is occupied by an 496:The original design incorporated twelve 487: 397: 330: 318:Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep 130:Place Eugène Flagey / Eugène Flageyplein 14: 1251: 856: 821: 708: 706: 704: 702: 245:Place Eugène Flagey/Eugène Flageyplein 88:Place Eugène Flagey/Eugène Flageyplein 1192: 1065: 1059: 1031: 743: 741: 739: 529:, was recorded there, as well as the 368:), for live concerts and recordings. 1274:Protected heritage sites in Brussels 771: 595:Brussels International Film Festival 483: 458:The institution was led by director 443:and the world of immigrant cultures. 699: 314:Institut National de Radiodiffusion 90:, housing Le Flagey cultural centre 24: 736: 428:Le Flagey has the following aims: 25: 1295: 1221: 1066:Binst, Jean-Marie (19 May 2011). 582:, for the first time in Belgium. 262:The building, parts of which are 1279:Art Deco architecture in Belgium 1227: 627: 266:, was designed by the architect 247:, with its main entrance on the 80: 1167: 1142: 1086: 1003: 953: 591:Brussels European Film Festival 562:Koninklijk Belgisch Filmarchief 558:CinĂ©mathèque royale de Belgique 796: 755:. 14 July 2002. 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Index

Le Flagey
French
Dutch

Place Eugène Flagey/Eugène Flageyplein
Art Deco
Streamline Moderne
Place Eugène Flagey / Eugène Flageyplein
Ixelles
Coordinates
50°49′36″N 4°22′22″E / 50.82667°N 4.37278°E / 50.82667; 4.37278
French
Dutch
Ixelles
Brussels
cultural centre
Place Eugène Flagey/Eugène Flageyplein
listed
Joseph Diongre
fr
Streamline Moderne
Art Deco
Eugène Flagey
fr
Belgian National Institute of Radio Broadcasting
national broadcaster
Henry van de Velde
Victor Horta

Streamline Moderne

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