Urban is responsible for managing renovation grants, implementing regional policy on urban planning, implementing regional policy on the conservation of movable and immovable heritage and managing operational programmes such as the Neighbourhood Contracts / Sustainable Neighbourhoods and the Urban Policy. → Read more
Launched in 2021 by the Brussels Capital Region and co-produced by Urban and A+ Architecture in Belgium, the Brussels Architecture Prize honours Brussels and its architects.
Since 2020, the Brussels Capital Region has been decolonising its public space. Between 2023 and 2025, Urban is coordinating the partners responsible for putting this into action.
Brussels, capital of Art Nouveau. On the occasion of Art Nouveau Brussels 2023, Urban finances a broad range of activities in order to promote and give greater publicity to Art Nouveau.
Discover this evolving document, which incorporates the various guides, standards, plans and tools that define the regional objectives with regard to the development of public spaces, and gives project developers the keys to designing their projects.
The Urbanism Directorate informs you on town planning procedures and deals with your regional planning permit applications.
MyPermit is the platform that allows you to submit, complete and track your planning and environmental permit applications online.
The Cultural Heritage Directorate implements regional heritage conservation policy.
The Urban Renovation Directorate aims to fight cankers and repair the urban fabric.
Renolution can help you with your renovation.
“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.
Buy your tickets now for the ceremony taking place on 9 December at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels.
Until 14 December, discover the 20 nominated projects of the third edition of the BAP through a free exhibition displayed in the windows of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region.
An exceptional exhibition on Symbolism in Brussels at the Maison Hannon this autumn.
Throughout 2025, Urban and visit.brussels will be inviting you to discover the different facets of Brussels' Art Deco world.
urban.brussels (previously Brussels Urbanism and Heritage) is an administrative body in the Brussels Capital Region. Its main objective is to support the sustainable territorial development of the Region. Urban.brussels implements regional policy in terms of urban planning, cultural heritage and management of operational programmes for urban regeneration.
urban.brussels carries out missions relating to grants for the renovation and embellishment of facades as well as legal advice, in particular the reform of the CoBAT. Drawing on significant internal expertise, Urban.brussels plays a central role in raising public awareness of the fact that we are building the city of the future today.
