Wood from a bankrupt door manufacturer For some time now, we've had the desire to add a wood department to our shop. A previous attempt 5 years ago had failed; we had tried selling relatively small and heterogenous batches and perhaps hadn... Wood
Maintenance workshop at HF4 - Carsid, Charleroi The plant at Marchienne-au-Pont operated for over 100 years.In 2007 the blast furnace No.4 was restarted after a 3 month refurbishment process. But in November 2008 itwas stopped due to low economic d... Carsid Charleroi
Belgacom, Rue Lebeau, Brussels The Lebeau building fills the entire block between the Royal library, Rue Paille and Rue Lebeau. It is scheduled for total demolition, with the exception of the former 'Hotel Telephonique' that will b... Belgacom Brussels
Tiles from the Saint-Elisabeth Nursing School 1932, Leuven Our first visit to this building took place in 2018. We found a building in very good condition. We produced a report on the type and quantities of materials that could be salvaged. We made a detailed... Leuven
Offices for Zonnige Kempen by Rotor Asbl, Westerloo Zonnige Kempen (‘Sunny Campine’) owns about 2.400 social housing units in several municipalities around the little city of Westerlo. The company, founded in 1963, was an early adopter of green buildin... Rotor Asbl Westerlo
Bathroom accessories in Murano glass by Studio Caprotti From the 1950's till the end of the 1970's, Studio Caprotti from Milan designed and edited high end bathroom accessories in Murano leaded glass and chromed brass. We discovered and bought a forgotten ... Sanitary Studio Caprotti
WTC I and II by Groupe Structures and others, 1972-1976, Brussels The World Trade Center of Brussels, Belgium is a complex of skyscrapers at the corner of Albert II Boulevard and Simon Bolivar Boulevard in the Northern Quarter central business district of Brussels. ... Brussels Hardware Lighting Stone WTC
Gemeenteschool 2, ca. 1930, Evere As part of the renovation of the Everheide School in Evere, a 1930s building will be demolished and replaced. The architects took great care in making sure a maximum quantity of materials were salvage... Brussels Tiles
Muntpunt Shop, B-Architecten, 2009, Brussels We were tasked with carefully removing part of the entrance desk that previously served as a shop. The furniture is made from laminated plywood and had vitrines in tempered glass. Some spare seats wer... Brussels Furniture Muntpunt
La Tête de Boeuf, legacy hardware store, ca. 1900-1950, Verviers In 2018 we helped to empty an 18th century timber framed house that was filled to the brim with tons and tons of historical hardware. Nails, rivets, levers, ancient wall plugs, cabinet handles, hand t... Hardware Verviers
Laminated timber panels made from discarded beams Large beams in laminated timber used in warehouse building often end up being destroyed during demolition. This is because the cost of removing them carefully from a building, plus the cost of transpo... Glulam
Générale de Banque interiors, Ch. Gevers & J. Wabbes, 1972-1978, Brussels Following the decision to demolish the former headquarters of the ‘Générale de Banque’, BNP-Paribas-Fortis contacted Rotor to coordinate a salvage operation of the iconic corporate interiors by notori... Ceiling Christophe Gevers Doors Hardware Jules Wabbes Stone