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Its defining feature is the monumental staircase, based on the central spiral ramp in New York\u2019s Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.Inspired by their love of the visionary American architect, De Wolf and her husband, engineer-turned-designer Joris Van Apers, built the house in Duffel, just south of Antwerp, in 2000. It was designed by Van Apers, who was working as an engineer at the time. He now runs the family business, Joris Van Apers BV, which is both a design studio and a supplier of reclaimed wood. De Wolf is the CFO. The couple\u2019s passion for wood, and for nature, is a unifying feature of a space governed by architectural flow. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2022\/mar\/05\/upward-spiral-inside-a-chic-antwerp-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upward spiral: inside a chic Antwerp home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A couple who designed their own home in Duffel, Belgium, made their love of Frank&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-wyi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143353,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/belgian-beauty-updating-a-classic-70s-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":125134,"position":0},"title":"Belgian beauty: updating a classic 70s home","date":"April 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r How a fashion designer shed new light on the country home of a renowned architectFashion designer Eva Maria Bogaert never thought she\u2019d swap the city for a village. 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