A Visit from the Heilig Graf Institute
On June 6, 2024, the fifth-year Architecture and Architecture & Interior Design students from the Heilig Graf Institute in Turnhout visited the listed residence of architect Jozef Schellekens from the 1930s. They did this under the guidance of their teacher, Heleen Desmet. The tour was conducted by Rik Hendrickx, interior architect at Architects in Motion, […]
A Knack Weekend and an Ar-Tur Bicycle Tour
“REPORT – Sunday 17 June, 2018 One hundred architecture enthusiasts from all over Belgium descended to what Knack Weekend called “the mecca of innovative architecture”. Four examples of progressive architecture in Turnhout were visited by bicycle. With a focus on stories from the past as well as challenges in the future. “ https://centrum.ar-tur.be/2018/07/03/verslag-fietsen-langs-vernieuwende-architectuur
The Start of Architectural Tours
With the encouragement of Architecture Center Ar-Tur and Tourism Turnhout, guided architectural tours in the region commenced on Saturday, April 18, 2015. The inaugural tour was dedicated to hosting ‘Architectura et Amicitia’ from the Netherlands, who stayed in Turnhout for two days. They were guided by the newly certified ‘architectural guide’, in this case Natacha […]