Bram de Maeyer
Historian and author of Building for Belgium: Belgian Embassies in a Globalising World (1945-2020), researching embassy architecture, diplomatic representation, and Belgian foreign real estate from 1945–2020.
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Jan 28, 2026 • 37min
Bram de Maeyer, "Building for Belgium: Belgian Embassies in a Globalising World (1945-2020)" (Leuven UP, 2025)
Bram de Maeyer, historian of diplomatic architecture, explores Belgium’s purpose-built embassies from 1945–2020. He traces why and how embassies were built, the push-and-pull with host authorities, design shifts toward generic styles, and embassies’ roles as national billboards, income sources, and contested interiors. The conversation surveys case studies and archival challenges.
