Johan Lagae (Ghent University, Gent, Belgium)

Submitted: Mon, 13 May 2002 15:36:25 -0700



Johan Lagae
Research Assistant
Department of Architecture and Urban Planning
Ghent University, Belgium

Mail address:
J. Plateaustraat 22
9000
Gent
Belgium

phone:     0032/9/264.39.11 or 37.42
fax:       0032/9/264.41.85
e-mail:    johan.lagae@rug.ac.be



Research interests:

* "20th century colonial architecture in the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi."
(Ph.D., February 2002)

* architecture at 20th century colonial exhibitions

Recent publications:

* Johan Lagae, 'Displaying authenticity and Progress. Architectural
Representation of the Belgian Congo at International Exhibitions in the
1930s', in Third Text, nr. 50, spring 2000, pp. 21-32

* Johan Lagae, 'In search of a "comme chez soi". The ideal colonial
house in the Belgian Congo (1885-1960)', in Jean-Luc Vellut (ed.),
Itinéraires croisés de la modernité. Congo belge 
1920-1950, Cahiers africains, nr. 43-44, CEDAF/L'Harmattan, 
Tervuren/Paris, 2001, pp. 239-282

* Johan Lagae & Denise Laurens, Claude Laurens. Architecture. Projets 
et réalisations 1934-1971, Vlees en Beton nr. 53-54, Vakgroep 
Architectuur en stedenbouw, Universiteit Gent, 2001. (A catalogue d'oeuvre 
of an architect who worked in Belgium and the Belgian Congo during the 
1950s.)