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    The Boekentoren (Dutch for Book Tower) is a famous building located in Ghent, Belgium, designed by the Belgian architect Henry van de Velde. It is part...
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    university also supports the Ghent University Library (including the famous Boekentoren) and the Ghent University Hospital, which is one of the biggest hospitals...
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    to design the new building for the university library (the renowned Boekentoren). Construction started in 1936, but the work would not be completed until...
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    French period were given to the university. In 1942, the Book Tower (Boekentoren) was opened, located next to the Blandijn, which houses the Faculty of...
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    Ghent University in the Belgian city Ghent and directly adjacent to Boekentoren, the tower of the Ghent University Library. The Blandijn, named after...
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    Highlights of modern architecture are the university buildings (the Boekentoren or Book Tower) by Henry Van de Velde. There are also a few theatres from...
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    University. In the 1930s, the Ghent University Library with its iconic Boekentoren, designed by Henry Van de Velde, was built on top of the Blandijnberg...
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    used in Het paradiis der gheesteliicker vrevchden verciert met vytghelesen gheesteliicke liedekens (1617), Universiteit Gent - Boekentoren BL.006581...
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    cyclist. 72) Henry Van de Velde, (1863–1957) architect (Bloemenwerf, Boekentoren). 73) Rik Coppens, (1930–2015) association football player. 74) Hadewijch...
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  • 2005. During his tenure, he led the movement for the renovation of the Boekentoren, convincing the university board to provide funds for the project in...
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    permanently on display in a new home in Ghent, nearby the Henri Van de Veldes Boekentoren. On 19 March 2016; Vandenhove was appointed as doctor honoris causa at...
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  • of Defence Ghent University Library (Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent) Boekentoren - Ghent University Library of the Lemmens Institute Library of the Royal...
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  • brewery), Ghent, 1929 De Vooruit newspaper Building [nl], Ghent, 1930 Boekentoren (University Library Tower), Ghent University, Ghent, 1935 Churchill Theatre...
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