To mark the start of the Biennial Art Nouveau Event in Brussels, we take in some of the city's most impressive buildings
Brussels is rightly famed for its Art Nouveau architecture - this was the home of architects Victor Horta and Paul Hankar, after all, who are credited with designing the two first Art Nouveau buildings in the world: Horta's Hotel Tassel and Hankar's own house.
More than 1,000 buildings, from private homes to schools, cafés, and shops, were built in the Art Nouveau style in Brussels at the turn of the 19th century, using materials usually associated with industrial building, such as iron, glass and exposed brick - and around 500 remain intact.
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