Housing the Nation Abroad. The Belgian Diplomatic Representation through Architecture, Furniture and Art, 1830-1939. KU Leuven
This research project aims to investigate the role attributed to architecture and art in the deployment of the Belgian diplomatic network from the moment of its foundation until the outbreak of the second world war. It will do so by focusing on the embassy building, an architectural typology which gradually emerged within the context of the nineteenth century transformation of national governance. The project questions whether cultural ...