When a young Belgian artist came up with a radical new way to design traditional townhouses in Brussels, he changed the history of architecture permanently. Victor Horta (1861-1947) was born in Ghent in the early 1860s and became a student at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. He later moved to Paris to …
Victor Horta
When a Belgian artist started experimenting with a radical new approach to home design in the late 19th century, he revolutionized the world of architecture. Victor Horta (1861-1947) was a Belgian architect and interior designer considered to be one of the founding fathers of the Art Nouveau art movement. That’s because he designed the first …