Lantern lectures at the Vlaamsche Kring in Mortsel University of Antwerp
“In order to appreciate the good, one must know the bad...” On 2 December 1917, Paul Smekens (1890-1983) gave a lecture with lichtbeelden (projected images) on modern architecture at the Vlaamsche Kring (Flemish Circle) in Mortsel. “The architecture of the nineteenth century was the negation of all originality. Fixed rules were set according to which each building had to be built in a certain style according to its purpose : churches in gothic ...