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A heavy electricity cable bores its way to the street side straight through the tower on the first floor level. The result of a cable television malfunction.
A heavy electricity cable bores its way to the street side straight through the tower on the first floor level. The result of a cable television malfunction.
Graffiti. Towers on a tower.
Graffiti. Towers on a tower.
Decay of concrete on the penthouse.
Decay of concrete on the penthouse.
The billiard table on the Belvedere was once taken up on top of the elevator never to be taken down again...
The billiard table on the Belvedere was once taken up on top of the elevator never to be taken down again...
Ingenious wiring...
Ingenious wiring...
Ingenious plumbing on the 19th floor: a drain pipe straight through the window.
Ingenious plumbing on the 19th floor: a drain pipe straight through the window.
Linoleum has choked the Belvedere's oak parquet floor.
Linoleum has choked the Belvedere's oak parquet floor.
Rounded off windows replaced by rectangular double-glaze windows.
Rounded off windows replaced by rectangular double-glaze windows.
GSM antennas, asphalt and little chimneys on the bluestone of the Belvedere terraces.
GSM antennas, asphalt and little chimneys on the bluestone of the Belvedere terraces.
Fitted carpet against the pillars of the 20th floor beneath the Belvedere to muffle the harsh sound of typewriters used to make the file cards.
Fitted carpet against the pillars of the 20th floor beneath the Belvedere to muffle the harsh sound of typewriters used to make the file cards.
Pieces of concrete falling on the armoured glass ceiling above the main reading room.
Pieces of concrete falling on the armoured glass ceiling above the main reading room.
Traces left by students on one of Van de Velde's tables.
Traces left by students on one of Van de Velde's tables.

 



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