Starting out at the Hippodrome, formerly a horse racing track, we’ll make our way towards Boitsfort/Bosvoorde station, heading along Chaussée de la Hulpe/Terhulpsesteenweg, which is flanked by buildings in an array of architectural styles from the post-war period to the present day, including apartment buildings, a nursing home and an embassy. Particular highlights will be the Glaverbel and Cimenteries Belges Réunies (CBR) buildings, two globally renowned examples of functionalism – a style geared, as its name suggests, to the demands of office life. Here, we’ll see how the use of certain materials and the plot layout also influenced the buildings’ design.