{"id":122196,"date":"2021-09-24T18:05:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T11:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/better-ugly-than-boring-book-celebrates-bizarre-belgian-houses\/"},"modified":"2021-09-24T18:22:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T11:22:03","slug":"better-ugly-than-boring-book-celebrates-bizarre-belgian-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/better-ugly-than-boring-book-celebrates-bizarre-belgian-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Better ugly than boring\u2019: book celebrates bizarre Belgian houses"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHannes Coudenys\u2019 Ugly Belgian Houses updated with more from the \u2018chaos known as Belgium\u2019Ever since he was a child, Hannes Coudenys was annoyed by the \u201cvisual chaos\u201d around him. On the road from home to his school in Bruges, he found a mishmash of architectural styles \u2013 haciendas, villas, farm-style houses, all mixed up with boxy malls and carpet shops.One day, as an adult, still exasperated, he took a photo of a house that was split into two jarringly different styles: a grey urban semi whose other half was a jaunty brick cottage. He put the photo online with the title \u201cugly Belgian houses\u201d, and an internet trend was born. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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