{"id":253,"date":"2021-12-03T15:44:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/decouverte-du-batiment\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T12:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:30:03","slug":"buildings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Built in the second half of the 16th century and attributed to the Li\u00e8ge architect Lambert Lombard, the H\u00f4tel Torrentius is one of the finest examples of patrician architecture in Li\u00e8ge. Built for the prelate, poet, and philologist Li\u00e9vin van der Beken\u2014also known for his role in founding the Jesuit College of Leuven\u2014the mansion reflects some of the patron\u2019s humanist aspirations. As Geert Bekaert points out, the H\u00f4tel Torrentius serves as \u201cthe guarantee and setting for his freedom.\u201d Located near the Church of the Holy Cross, the building was purchased in 1978 by architect Charles Vandenhove to serve as his studio. Vandenhove\u2019s project in a complex of significant heritage value appears to be a turning point in the architect\u2019s career. Building on a modernist style at times tinged with brutalism, Vandenhove works in fits and starts, adopting a new classical language that he would later apply in iconic projects such as the renovation of the Hors-Ch\u00e2teau neighborhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Built in the second half of the 16th century and attributed to the Li\u00e8ge architect Lambert Lombard, the H\u00f4tel Torrentius is one of the finest examples of patrician architecture in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Building - Fondation Jeanne Charles Vandenhove<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/buildings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Building - Fondation Jeanne Charles Vandenhove\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Built in the second half of the 16th century and attributed to the Li\u00e8ge architect Lambert Lombard, the H\u00f4tel Torrentius is one of the finest examples of patrician architecture in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/buildings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fondation Jeanne Charles Vandenhove\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-16T10:30:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fondationvandenhove.be\\\/en\\\/buildings\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fondationvandenhove.be\\\/en\\\/buildings\\\/\",\"name\":\"Building - Fondation Jeanne Charles Vandenhove\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fondationvandenhove.be\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-03T14:44:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-16T10:30:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fondationvandenhove.be\\\/en\\\/buildings\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/fondationvandenhove.be\\\/en\\\/buildings\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fondationvandenhove.be\\\/en\\\/buildings\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fondationvandenhove.be\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Building\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fondationvandenhove.be\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fondationvandenhove.be\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Fondation Jeanne Charles Vandenhove\",\"description\":\"Fondation d\u2019utilit\u00e9 publique\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fondationvandenhove.be\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Building - Fondation Jeanne Charles Vandenhove","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/buildings\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Building - Fondation Jeanne Charles Vandenhove","og_description":"Built in the second half of the 16th century and attributed to the Li\u00e8ge architect Lambert Lombard, the H\u00f4tel Torrentius is one of the finest examples of patrician architecture in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/buildings\/","og_site_name":"Fondation Jeanne Charles Vandenhove","article_modified_time":"2026-09-16T10:30:03+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/buildings\/","url":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/buildings\/","name":"Building - Fondation Jeanne Charles Vandenhove","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-12-03T14:44:58+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-16T10:30:03+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/buildings\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/buildings\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/buildings\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Building"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/","name":"Fondation Jeanne Charles Vandenhove","description":"Fondation d\u2019utilit\u00e9 publique","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8402,"href":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions\/8402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationvandenhove.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}