2013 summer magazine FUTUROCITE THE FUTURE OF URBAN WALLONIA IS SMART AND GREEN Architecture: East vs West The Verviers hotel powered by geothermal energy CONTENTS Editor Sarah Crew Deputy editor Sally Tipper Editorial Reporters Marie Dumont Andy Furniere, Julian Hale Nicholas Hirst, Senne Starckx Our cover image of a residential project under construction on the banks Art director Paul Van Dooren Managing director Hans De Loore of the River Meuse in Namur shows the changing face of Wallonia’s urban landscape. The upscale development, Port du Bon Dieu, supersedes a derelict AWEX/WBI and Ackroyd Publications Philippe Suinen – AWEX/WBI industrial site and sits strategically between the Walloon capital’s major Marie-Catherine Duchêne hospital and its city centre. 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