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Find out more about this global programme that enlists hundreds of people across five continents to honour the commitments of signatory States to protect humanity's heritage.

The online platform MyPermit makes it easier to submit your planning permission applications, as well as your integrated environmental permit applications.

On 6 May 2025, “the tradition and know-how of chocolate-making in Brussels” was officially included in the Brussels Capital Region’s inventory of intangible cultural heritage.

Do you work in the built heritage sector in Brussels? This tailor-made training course is designed for you!

Find out more about the AUSA-RUSI project, launched to digitalise all requests for urban planning information (UPI).

For this fifth focus story, we invite you on a journey to discover a lesser-known part of the capital: the neighbourhood in the vicinity of the Basilique Nationale du Sacré-Cœur, situated between the municipalities of Ganshoren and Koekelberg, where several events will celebrate the Art Deco heritage.

100 years after the desk of Edmond van Eetvelde disappeared from its original location, LAB·AN is welcoming it back into its setting and has recovered part of its decorations.

A public-private partnership is giving new visibility to the façade of Hôtel Aubecq, an Art Nouveau masterpiece by Victor Horta.

This forth focus shines a spotlight on the fashion of the era, with two exhibitions and a talk that showcase the creativity of interwar design.

Urban has received a visit.brussels award in the category “Brussels Best Smart Experience” for its exhibition “Stoclet 1911 Restitution”, about the Stoclet House.

Don't miss this new issue dedicated to the heritage of the 1939-1999 period!

Throughout the year, Urban invites you to explore together what being modern means today, through a series of events that will question this notion.

Discover Urban’s new web pages about the decolonisation of public space in the Brussels Capital Region and explore the cartography on BruGIS, inventorising the first 100 colonial traces.

Venture out into the streets of the capital looking for these works!

This third focus puts the spotlight on interbellum garden art, in conjunction with several events celebrating Brussels' green spaces.

Apply for the new edition of the Art Nouveau Summer School: "Bringing Art Nouveau heritage back to life".

Le "Plan d'action diversité 2025-2026" propose à la fois une évaluation du plan précédent et une vision stratégique pour les années à venir.

This second focus showcases the art of glass, as a prelude to the opening of no fewer than three exhibitions in the capital dedicated to this unique and precious material.

Read on for various flagship projects taking shape in several Brussels municipalities as part of the first five URCs.

2025: A decisive year for owners of historic lifts

Apply now and be in with a chance of winning a prize in one of the categories!

Discover this new issue now!

To mark the end of “The Grand Opening”, we invite you to (re)discover one of the artistic activations that marked its inauguration: the “Art Nouveau Poetry” podcast.

Share your ideas for the Heritage Days 2025!

Les 27 et 28 novembre derniers, Urban et le RANN (Réseau Art Nouveau Network) ont eu le plaisir de vous convier au Symposium international Art nouveau.

Be sure to visit the now prolonged exhibition “The Alpha Plan”, and discover the Alpha Plan online as well!

ArchiSols, for "Archives des Sols" (Soil Archives), is a co-creative research project. Its aim is to optimise soil use in Brussels by exploring and documenting its qualitative diversity.

This year, Urban has been nominated for the visit.brussels Awards 2025 with its exhibition devoted to the Stoclet House: "Stoclet 1911 Restitution".

Time for the Year of Art Deco! Throughout the year, Urban will regularly showcase a theme related to the year's programme: for this first focus, the wonderful world of cinemas is in the spotlight.

Find out more about the various urban renewal projects that have recently been launched as part of several SNCs.

Urban launches a call for expressions of interest for the illustration of Heritage Days 2025.

This emblem of Brussels architecture has recently undergone an extensive restoration project, proudly supported by Urban

Excavations at Parking 58: Shedding new light on the origins and urban development of Brussels

In May 2024, the Art of Comics was officially added to the inventory of intangible cultural heritage of the Brussels-Capital Region!

The restoration and renewal of St Joseph's Church in Brussels

During the end-of-year festive season, LAB·AN has a few surprises in store for you - check them out now!