LEADER 03518oam 22004574a 450 001 9911034565103321 005 20251205050444.0 010 $a94-6166-678-0 010 $a94-6166-677-2 035 $a(CKB)41698454800041 035 $a(OCoLC)1545083195 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_136006 035 $a(EXLCZ)9941698454800041 100 $a20250902d2025 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBuilding for Belgium : $eBelgian Embassies in a Globalising World (1945-2020) / $fBram De Maeyer 210 1$aLeuven :$cLeuven University Press,$d2025. 210 4$dİ2025. 215 $a1 online resource: $cillustrations (colour) 311 08$a94-6270-481-3 327 $aForeword / Mark Eyskens -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Notes regarding the maps and the monetary values used in the book -- Introduction -- The ambassador?s agency : the head of mission as project developer (1945?1957) -- Building embassies on demand : the steering role of the receiving state (1958?1974) -- ?It?s the economy, stupid!? : constructing embassies as venues for economic diplomacy (1980?1985) -- Plugging the holes in the federal budget : monetizing the Belgian embassy patrimony (1999?2020) -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index. 330 $a"Embassy buildings are the most tangible evidence of a state?s diplomatic presence abroad. State authorities have invested in the architectural conception of purpose-built embassies to flex their diplomatic muscle and project nationhood on foreign soil. While scholars have primarily focused on purpose-built embassies of (former) world powers, Building for Belgium shifts the perspective by scrutinizing the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs? embassy-building program from 1945 to 2020. Rather than a conventional political assessment of diplomatic relations, the book foregrounds the often-overlooked architectural lives of embassies and their social, economic, and political entanglements. By examining Belgian embassy projects across all continents, it reveals how the Belgian diplomatic corps has navigated diverse political regimes, geopolitical contexts, cultures, and building codes. More than the outcome of a deliberate policy, the embassy-building program has been shaped by incidental decisions, private ambitions and personal tastes of Belgian diplomats, ministry officials and politicians. Building for Belgium not only sheds light on diplomatic architecture but also connects domestic conversations about architecture in Belgium with global state-building projects. Offering fresh insights into the politics of space, it will be of value to scholars and practitioners in architecture, urban studies, international relations, cultural heritage, and Belgian and European studies."--Publisher information. 606 $aEmbassy buildings$xDesign and construction$2fast 606 $aEmbassy buildings$xDesign and construction 606 $aArchitecture, Belgian 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aEmbassy buildings$xDesign and construction 615 0$aEmbassy buildings$xDesign and construction. 615 0$aArchitecture, Belgian. 676 $a725.17 700 $aMaeyer$b Bram de$01895374 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911034565103321 996 $aBuilding for Belgium$94548149 997 $aUNINA