Creative lunch with Bernard Dubois at The Standard

MAD Brussels and The Standard Brussels are jointly hosting an inspiring guided tour, lecture, and lunch with Belgian architect Bernard Dubois on Thursday, 25 September. Dubois designed the interior of The Standard Brussels. Working closely with Verena Haller, Chief Design Officer at The Standard, and the in-house design team, he created 200 rooms and suites across 28 floors, complemented by the hotel's dining areas: The Lobby Bar, The Double Standard, and Lila29. Please note: this creative lunch will not take place at MAD Brussels, but at The Standard Brussels. In addition to the lecture and lunch, you can also take part in a guided tour of The Standard led by Bernard Dubois.

About Bernard Dubois

A rigorous and analytical approach ; a frontal and inclusive aesthetic. Attentive to contemporary codes, the Belgian architect Bernard Dubois designs sensitive spaces. Better, he blurs the lines between genres and, free from conventional architecture, allows it to live in context. In each project, surfaces meet and explain themselves : classic, modernist, post-modernist, Bernard Dubois draws inspiration from the different trends to create a coherence, to bring together what the history of architecture opposes.

His architecture reflects his personality : graduating from La Cambre in 2009, Bernard Dubois escaped a family heritage of engineers and doctors, having studied chemistry and photography for three years. He worked, for a time, on a competition with a former associate of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) to deliver a strategic vision for the European quarter of Brussels. A real springboard for his career, Dubois represented Belgium at the Venice Biennale in 2014 : his research on a hundred Belgian interiors formed the basis of a new architectural grammar.

Bernard Dubois continues to carry out an active reflection on subjects that are close to his heart, notably as co-director of the AA Visiting School Brussels (Architecture Association), a summer school held in Brussels since 2016. This gives rise to new perspectives and levels of reading which are expressed in the variety of his projects : six showrooms and boutiques for the fashion designer Nicolas Andreas Taralis and, in parallel, the creation of furniture for the Balice Hertling gallery in Paris and Patricia Low gallery in Gstaad.

Today, a well-supplied order book opens up new avenues for Bernard Dubois : residential interior design projects for art collectors ; stores for the ethical and sustainable brand Icicle ; anongoing collaboration with Courrèges ; restaurants for PNY, a co-signed furniture collection for the Brussels-based gallery Maniera - amongst others.

Whatever the nature of the project, the vocation of Bernard Dubois' architecture is to be informed, contextual and fundamentally cultural. Today, he aspires to more complex projects, from the façadeto the interior detail.

About the Brussels Standard

Discover The Standard in Brussels. This recently opened hotel in the northern district offers 200 stylish rooms and suites, diverse restaurants and unrivalled access to culture and nightlife.

The Standard hotels are known for their groundbreaking design, trendsetting clientele, and unwavering commitment to nonconformity. Whether it’s a city hotel, a beach resort, or a rooftop bar, the goal of every Standard project is to break conventions, elevate aesthetics, and create a cultural hub. The Standard hotels are not just places to stay, but places to experience.

With 200 rooms and suites spread across 28 floors, the hotel in Brussels forms a new hub of creativity, innovation, and international exchange. Brussels is more than just waffles and Art Nouveau. It’s a city full of surprises, offering a rich mix of music, fashion, contemporary art, and technology.

Practical Information

Data & timing: Thursday, 25 September 2025

• Start of guided tour 1 — 11:30
• Welcome lunch & lecture — 12:00
• Start lunch & lecture — 12:30
• End of lunch & lecture — 13:30
• Start of guided tour 2— 14:00

Price: Admission to the lecture is free. Registration is required.

Language: Englisch

Address: The Standard Brussels, Koning Albert II Laan 30, 1000 Brussel