12.00 – 13.00 BST, Zoom Webinar

The coming past: building with heritage

 

Luc Verpoest

Prof. em. Luc Verpoest has been teaching history of architecture (19th and 20th century) and history and theory of architectural preservation. Research was focused on the 19th century Gothic Revival in Belgium, Modern Architecture and architec­tural preservation.
Luc Verpoest is Honorary Chairman of Monumentenwacht Vlaanderen (Monuments Watch Flanders), of which he is now chair of the Advisory Board; member of DOCOMOMO (International working party for Documentation and Conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement) and former coordinator of DOCOMOMO Belgium (and now its Honorary Chair­man); member of ICOMOS; former member of the Koninklijke Commissie voor Monumcnten en Landschappen Vlaanderen (Royal ommission of Monuments and Sites Flanders); board member of the Fonds Henry van de Velde / La Cambre, Brussels.