Victor Bourgeois, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Victor Bourgeois

Belgian architect (1897-1962)

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1897

Place of Birth: Charleroi, Wallonia, Belgium

Date of Death: 24-Jul-1962

Profession: architect, urban planner

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Victor Bourgeois (29 August 1897 – 24 July 1962) was a Belgian architect and urban planner, considered the greatest Belgian modernist architect.
Bourgeois was born in Charleroi and studied at the Académie royale des beaux-arts in Brussels from 1914 through 1918, and was mentored by Henry van de Velde.
Together with his brother Pierre Bourgeois, he founded several magazines, including 7 Arts (1922–1928).
In 1927 Bourgeois became the only Belgian invited to design a house for the Weissenhof Estate exhibition in Stuttgart, and the following year Bourgeois was a delegate to the first meeting of the Congrès international d'architecture moderne and a founding member of that organization. He died on 24 July 1962 in Ixelles.