An inside look at the Antwerp home of the son who is taking the helm of the design empire his father built.

In these hectic times, we need a space which enables us to enjoy a balanced and exhilarating life to the full," Vervoordt says. "As a source of rest and energy, of inspiration and reflection, Kanaal will be the place that invites individuals to live a life true to their innermost being.

AD Russia shows Arjaan De Feyters new offices at Kanaal and interviews him about the project, his move to the new site and what it added to his business.

Located within eight old silos converted into apartments by Axel Vervoordt Real Estate, Silo Apartment is one of the latest projects designed by Arjaan De Feyter in Antwerp.

In a new enclave outside of Antwerp, smart new apartments come complete with a dazzling array of contemporary art on their doorstep, says Caroline Roux.

After several years of construction, Axel Vervoordt's “Kanaal” project was opened with various exhibitions. The site not far from Antwerp includes apartments, offices, facilities and exhibition space.

What attracts you first is the range of arresting geometries: the cylindrical silos preserved alongside red brick rectilinear warehouses with 19th-century Gothic windows, set against the new clean, white cuboid apartment blocks. There are now 98 apartments, 30 offices and supporting facilities, and a multi-use auditorium, alongside the Vervoordt company’s offices, workshops and restoration facilities, showrooms and exhibition spaces.

Axel Vervoordt spent two decades planning his Utopia near Antwerp: Kanaal is an ideal neighborhood that combines art and life - and celebrates retreat in a special way.

With his Kanaal, the prolific Axel Vervoordt signs the project of a lifetime. Works of art in concrete silos overlooked by contemporary apartments. From Anish Kapoor in an old malt house surrounded by greenery and small shops. Welcome to his village!

Axel Vervoordt has completed his great project "Kanaal", in Wijnegem as an island where art, nature and beauty come together. A whole residential and cultural complex along the canal, in a former industrial site.

Ten years of restoration work on a former industrial complex have now enabled the Belgian family business Axel Vervoordt Company to inaugurate the Kanaal complex, a veritable 55,000 m² village on the edge of Antwerp.

There are already many excellent old house renovation cases. Most of them refurbish the interiors of old houses in the past to make them look new. Some more powerful renovations can even give new residential functions. But have you ever heard of the transformation of an entire super-large winery into a new community?

An ambitious cultural and residential complex near Antwerp – has finally opened to the public after 18 years in the making.