Architect Laurent-Benoît Dewey
2024-2025
Karin Borghouts has photographed 17 buildings by architect Laurent-Benoît Dewey (1731-1812) in and around Brussels and in Wallonia Belgium. Commissioned by the design agency Fugzia.
Laurent-Benoît Dewez. Forgotten master architect at the service of the court, the elite and the church.
The exhibition is the first highlight of the jubilee year 2025 celebrating the 900th anniversary of the Abbey of Vlierbeek in Leuven.
The exhibition focuses on the designer of the church and the new abbey district and includes information about Dewey and the Abbey of Vlierbeek. The curator is Geert Robberecht.
14 February 2025 - 29 June 2025
Abdij van Vlierbeek
3010 Leuven (Kessel-Lo) Belgium
Open on Fri-Sat-Sun; during the Crocus and Easter holidays also on Tue-Wed-Thu.
From 11 am to 6 pm.
Book architect Dewey
A scientific monography of Laurent-Benoît Dewez is published by Professor Dirk van de Vijver, Leuven University Press, with 31 colour photographs by Karin Borghouts (English).
49.5€. Available at the Abbey of Vlierbeek or order here.
