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Personal profile
Expertise
- Belgian architectural history from the late nineteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century
- Architect Victor Horta (1861-1947), with a specific focus on the second half of his career in the 1920s and 1930s
- Architectural exchange between Belgium and the US from 1890 to 1940. Particular focus on the emergence of high-rise construction in Belgium, US models for standardisation and prefabrication, and American-initiated reconstruction projects in Belgium following WWI.
- [email protected]
PhD dissertation: Allies in Architecture? WWI and the Americanisation of Belgian Architecture (December 2024).
External positions
Library and Archives, Hortamuseum
Visiting Scholar, Wesleyan University
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Projects
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FWOTM1020: Allies in architecture? WWI and the Americanisation of Belgian Architecture (1914-1928).
Packet, T., Martens, P. & Adriaenssens, W.
1/11/20 → 30/11/24
Project: Fundamental
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From iron to reinforced concrete: revisiting the interwar oeuvre of Victor Horta in light of his wartime sojourn in the US
Packet, T. & Van de Voorde, S., 2024, Construction Matters: Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Construction History. Holzer, S., Langenberg, S., Knobling, C. & Kasap, O. (eds.). vdf Hochschulverlag, p. 555-562Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper
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Kunst, ambacht en industrie: het Belgisch paviljoen voor de Louisiana Purchase International Exposition in St. Louis in 1904
Packet, T., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Tijdschrift voor Interieurgeschiedenis en Design. 46Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Concrete proposals: the reception of Thomas A. Edison’s monolithic concrete house and discussions on mass-produced housing for the working classes in pre-war Belgium, 1911-1913
Packet, T., 2023, Studies in Construction History: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society. 2023 ed. Cambridge: Construction History Society, p. 423-434 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper
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Een ‘commissie der wijzen’: Victor Horta, H.P. Berlage, Henry van de Velde en de constructie van de Boerentoren, Belgiës eerste wolkenkrabber (1928-31)
Packet, T., May 2023, In: Rode Haring. 8, p. 2-19 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Naar een architectuur van vereenvoudiging? Victor Horta’s lezingen over Amerikaanse architectuur in de jaren twintig
Packet, T., Verdickt, C. & Schrijver, L., 15 Jun 2023, In: Bulletin KNOB. 122, 2, p. 20-35 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile29 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF) Doctoral Research Fellow
Packet, Tom (Recipient), 3 Feb 2023
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Doctoral School Travel Grant (Human Sciences, VUB)
Packet, Tom (Recipient), 6 Dec 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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FWO Travel Grant for a Short Stay Abroad
Packet, Tom (Recipient), 6 Dec 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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KNOB Stimuleringsprijs 2021
Packet, Tom (Recipient), 15 Oct 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Selling Art in St. Louis: Belgian Artistic Display at the Louisiana Purchase International Exposition, 1904
Tom Packet (Speaker)
20 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Allies in Architecture? WWI and the Americanisation of Belgian Architecture 1890-1935
Tom Packet (Speaker)
2 May 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at a school event
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The beautiful simple line: Victor Horta's Palace of Fine Arts and shifting architectural practice in interwar Belgium, 1918-1928
Tom Packet (Speaker)
18 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Art nouveau in Brussel: geboorte, bloei en neergang van een stijl, 1893-1910
Tom Packet (Speaker)
24 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Concrete and light: North-American architecture and the development of Victor Horta's style in the 1920s
Tom Packet (Speaker)
27 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Press/Media
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De Hortagalerij, pleidooi voor een stedenbouwkundig monument
18/01/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Thesis
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Horta in Amerika: Het verblijf van Victor Horta in de Verenigde Staten van 1915 tot 1919
Author: Packet, T., Martens, P. & Adriaenssens, W., 2019Supervisor: Adriaenssens, W. (Co-promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis