L'École de la Cambre, more known as La Cambre, is a renowned architecture

Architecture

Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

 and visual arts

Visual arts

The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...

 school founded by Henry van de Velde

Henry van de Velde

Henry Clemens Van de Velde was a Belgian Flemish painter, architect and interior designer. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar he could be considered one of the main founders and representatives of Art Nouveau in Belgium...

 in Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

 in 1926.

Originally founded under the name Institut supérieur des Arts décoratifs, it soon became known as "La Cambre" after the Abbey of la Cambre in Ixelles in which premises it was established.

In 1980, La Cambre was divided into two separate institutions, the École nationale supérieure des Arts visuels (ENSAV), and the Institut supérieur d'Architecture de la Communauté française de Belgique (ISACF). Both institutions belong to the French Community of Belgium

French Community of Belgium

The French Community of Belgium is one of the three official communities in Belgium along with the Flemish Community and the German speaking Community. Although its name could suggest that it is a community of French citizens in Belgium, it is not...

. ENSAV is still housed at the abbey while ISACF headquarters is on Flagey Square

Flagey Square

Place Eugène Flagey , is a square in the Brussels municipality of Ixelles, Belgium. It was named in honour of Eugène Flagey, mayor of Ixelles from 1935 to 1953...

, on the opposite side of the Ixelles Ponds

Ixelles Ponds

The Ixelles Ponds are two freshwater ponds in the Brussels municipality of Ixelles...

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Famous alumni include Olivier Strebelle

Olivier Strebelle

Olivier Strebelle is a Belgian sculptor born in Brussels on 20 January 1927.His monumental sculptures adorn many public places in Brussels as well as in Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia, singapore, Switzerland, and the United States....

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External links

• ENSAV (visual arts) (fr)
• ISACF (architecture) (fr)