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Marcel Raymaekers was a household name in a large part of Belgium from the 1970s to the 1990s. More than an architect - although he was not technically qualified for one - he dreamed up and sold noble dreams to Belgium's growing middle class through his business empire The Queen of the South, an unlikely mix of antique storeroom and nightclub/restaurant. estaminet'/jazz location. For almost 50 years, Raymaekers bought and restored thousands of tons of antique building parts and reused them in hundreds of buildings of his own design. These elements, without exception impressive in their craftsmanship and materiality, were - and still are - a testimony to material cultures of the past and the staggering number of buildings demolished in Belgium since the end of the Second World War.

Raymaekers, Marcel --- Architecture --- Building materials --- Buildings --- Environmental aspects. --- Recycling. --- Remodeling for other use. --- Raymaekers, Marcel - 1933 --- -Architecture --- Waste products as building materials --- Construction --- Déchets (Matériaux de construction) --- History --- Recycling --- Histoire --- Matériaux --- Recyclage --- Raymaekers, Marcel, --- Queen of the South (Firm) --- Waste products as building materials. --- Déchets (matériaux de construction). --- Démolition. --- Salvaging --- Matériaux. --- Recyclage. --- adaptive reuse --- recyclage --- anno 1900-1999 --- anno 2000-2099 --- Belgium