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Urban puts diversity and inclusivity at the heart of its spatial planning policy. Its aim is to promote public spaces where everyone feels welcome, regardless of their gender, origin, cultural or ethnic background, sexual orientation or disability.

International recognition for a lively, popular artistic practice which is deeply ingrained in the history of Brussels.

As part of its diversity plan 2025-2026, Urban has implemented a series of concrete actions to ensure that this event is accessible, inclusive and representative of Brussels' diversity.

Ne manquez pas d'y découvrir le focus dédié aux 30 ans des Contrats de Quartiers Durables (CQD).

On December 9, Bozar hosted the third edition of the awards ceremony of the Brussels Architecture Prize, an evening dedicated to Brussels architecture.

“La danse”, a plaster bas-relief by Ossip Zadkine which decorated the proscenium arch of Cinéma Métropole and has been invisible to the public for over 30 years, has been 3D scanned at Urban’s request. This digital version of the bas-relief can be seen as part of the "Zadkine Art Deco" exhibition, which opened on 15 November in Paris at the Musée Zadkine.

Discover the latest projects, which are revitalising neighbourhoods and strengthening their social ties.

For this sixth chapter, the focus is on small-scale heritage! Urban invites you to (re)discover everyday Art Deco, those small, sometimes discreet, architectural treasures that enrich our surroundings, often without us even noticing.

Support your favourite project and attend the awards ceremony on 9 December.

Discover the first projects that are coming to life thanks to this urban revitalisation programme.

Urban lance son appel à participation pour le concours Urban Zoom Schools 2026.

Discover the 20 projects selected by the international jury for the Brussels Architecture Prize 2025.

Urban has given Brussels Mobility the green light to completely redevelop the Avenue Charles-Quint in Ganshoren and Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, façade to façade.

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!

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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!