Flagey Building | |
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Address | Place Eugène Flagey / Eugène Flageyplein |
Town or city | 1050 Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region |
Country | Belgium |
Coordinates | 50°49′36″N 4°22′22″E / 50.82667°N 4.37278°E |
The Flagey Building (French: Bâtiment Flagey; Dutch: Flageygebouw), also known as the Radio House (French: Maison de la Radio; Dutch: Radiohuis), is a building located in Ixelles, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium, housing the Flagey cultural centre. It is located on the south-western corner of Place Eugène Flagey/Eugène Flageyplein, with its main entrance on the Place Sainte-Croix/Heilig-Kruisplein.
The building, parts of which are listed, was designed by the architect Joseph Diongre and completed in 1938 in Streamline Moderne, an international style of Art Deco. It owes its name to Eugène Flagey , a Belgian lawyer and politician who was mayor of Ixelles from 1935 to 1953. It served as the former headquarters of the Belgian National Institute of Radio Broadcasting (INR/NIR). When the broadcaster left in 1974, the building was refurbished as a cultural community centre.