Louis Herman de Koninck, architecte des années modernes Louis Herman de Koninck, architect of modern times
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Louis Herman de Koninck, architecte des années modernes = Louis Herman de Koninck, architect of modern times
Aux archives d'architecture moderne, 1989
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In 1919, architect Louis Herman De Koninck (1896-1984), a former student of Victor Horta, was asked to help with the reconstruction of those parts of Belgium that had been destroyed in the First World War. He began by demonstrating the simplicity and common sense of traditional rural building methods. With this approach as a basis, he devised an innovative programme of economical construction. For these low-cost, mass-produced houses, De Koninck introduced a new kind of plaster made of crushed glass and gravel, worked out a gravity-activated central heating system, and invented the modern Cubex kitchen. With these practical, pioneering steps to his credit, De Koninck brought valuable solutions to the architectural problems of his day; he was widely recognised as one of the major designers of new forms in the Twenties and Thirties. The achievements of Louis Herman De Koninck were studied and published in all the most important architectural reviews of the period. And today he is cited for his contribution in any reference work concerned with design and architecture in the first half of the 20th century.
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