Brusselisation
Sign in to savethumb|In Brussels, many historic buildings were demolished and replaced with generic modern ones. This high-rise stands on the site of [[Victor Horta's Maison du Peuple/Volkshuis.]]
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9 sectionsContents
- Brussels
- Historical precedent and underpinnings for modernization
- From the 1960s to the 1980s
- The 1990s: from Brusselization to façadism
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Further reading
thumb|In Brussels, many historic buildings were demolished and replaced with generic modern ones. This high-rise stands on the site of [[Victor Horta's Maison du Peuple/Volkshuis.]]
In urban planning, Brusselization (US variant) or Brusselisation (UK variant) (, ) is "the indiscriminate and careless introduction of modern high-rise buildings into gentrified neighbourhoods" and has become a byword for "haphazard urban development and redevelopment."