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ABOUT
Hélène Van Marcke Interior Architecture Studio is based between Brussels and Paris. Their work is defined by a rare combination of architectural rigour and deeply personal sensitivity. After honing her craft on prestigious residential and commercial projects across Europe and New York — notably in collaboration with Charlotte Macaux Perelman’s Studio CMP — she founded her own studio, which has since built a quiet but consistent reputation for interiors that are refined, warm and built to last.
Over more than fifteen years, Hélène and her team have worked across a broad spectrum of high-end commissions both residential and commercial. What unites them is a shared approach — one that begins not with aesthetics, but with understanding. The architectural bones of a building, its relationship to light and to its surroundings, the history of the place, the personality and lifestyle of the client: all of these inform a design process that is genuinely tailored, never templated.
The result is always singular. Spaces that feel inevitable rather than imposed — balanced in proportion, honest in their use of pure and generous materials, and shaped by custom furniture and precise detailing that reflect the specific character of each project. The ambition, in every case, is an interior that remains quietly relevant long after the first impression fades: timeless, not fashionable.
BIOGRAPHY
1987: born in Ghent, Belgium
2005-2010: interior architecture and design master at le CAD ( Brussels, Belgium ) - graduated Magna cum Laude
2005-2015: beginning of a 10 year collaboration on furniture prototypes with designer Georges-Charles Vanryk
2008: internship for Annick Colle-Grimmelprez, Belgium
2009: internship for Xavier Donck & Partners, Belgium
2009: internship for Claire Bataille & Paul Ibens Design, Antwerp, Belgium
2009-2014: collaboration with Studio CMP, Paris, France
2011: opening of Hélène Van Marcke Interior Architecture Studio in Paris, France
2017: opening of Hélène Van Marcke Interior Architecture Studio in Ghent, Belgium
2024: move of Hélène Van Marcke Interior Architecture Studio in Brussels, Belgium
ARCHITECTURE
Retranchement: 2007, summer house, Retranchement, NL
La Muette: 2010, apartment, Paris France (with Studio CMP)
Rue de Lisbonne: 2010, apartment, Paris France
Lake Geneva: 2011, two storey apartment, Rolle, Switserland
Gravy: 2011, restaurant, New York, USA (with Studio CMP)
Les Sablons: 2011, two storey apartment, Neuilly sur Seine, France
Victor Hugo: 2011, law cabinet, Paris France (with Studio CMP)
Hoogpoort: 2011, penthouse, Ghent, Belgium
Courcelles: 2012, apartment, Paris, France (with Studio CMP)
Rue du Bac: 2012, apartment, Paris, France (with Studio CMP)
Marais: 2012, apartment, Paris, France (with Studio CMP)
l’Atelier 35: 2012, apartment, Paris, France
Les Esperonies: 2012, country house, Dordogne, France
Ile St Louis: 2013, town house, Paris, France (with Studio CMP)
Rue d’Amsterdam: 2013, apartment, Paris, France
Hotel Marshall: 2013, 50 room hotel and bars (with Studio CMP)
Rue de l'Université: 2014, apartment, Paris, France
True Story Offices: 2014, digital agency, Ghent, Belgium
Alponse XIII: 2014, house, Brussels, Belgium
Panthéon: 2014, two storey penthouse, Paris, France
Mont Cénis: 2015, townhouse, Paris, France
Contrescarpe: 2015, 3 studios, Paris, France
Bretteville: 2015, apartment, Neuilly sS, France
Gottem: 2016, country house, Deinze, Belgium
Brochant: 2016, loft, Paris, France
Monceau: 2017, two storey penthouse, Paris, France
Maillen: 2017, country house, Maillen, Belgium
Van Marcke Guesthouse: 2018, boutique hotel, Marke, Belgium
Krijgslaan: 2017, townhouse & offices, Ghent, Belgium
De Haernelaan: 2018, townhouse, Kortrijk, Belgium
La Coursive: 2018, seaside loft, Oostduinkerke, Belgium
Courcelles: 2018, apartment, Paris, France
Marceau: 2019, two story penthouse, Paris, France
Elisabeth Paris: 2019, chocolate boutique, Paris, France
Bergskens: 2021, country house & guesthouse, Bruges, Belgium
Grasdakkie: 2021, holiday house, Knokke, Belgium
The Nine: 2021, private members club, Brussels, Belgium
Meise: 2021, furniture for house, Brussels, Belgium
Elisabeth Brugge: 2021, chocolate boutique, Bruges, Belgium
Maillot: 2022, apartment, Paris, France
Geneva: 2022, house, Geneva, Switzerland
Franklin Roosevelt: 2023, townhouse, Ghent, Belgium
Côte d’Azur: 2023, holiday house, Côte d’Azur, France
Champ de Mars: 2024, apartment, Paris, France
Molière: 2022, townhouse, Brussels, Belgium
Sumatra: 2022, villa, Brussels, Belgium
De Warande: 2024, members club, Brussels, Belgium
Montmartre: 2024, apartment, Paris, France
Meise: 2023, garden house, Brussels, Belgium
Mabillon: 2024, apartment, Paris, France
Art Absolument: 2024, art gallery, Paris, France
Zodiaque: 2024, townhouse & offices, Brussels, Belgium
Les Passagées: 2024, furniture, Brussels, Belgium
Minister Libaertlaan: 2025, holiday house, kortrijk, Belgium
Julie Collet: 2025, kitchen & furniture, Doorniksewijk, Belgium
Prins Filiplaan: 2025, holiday house, Knokke, Belgium
Koramic: 2025, offices, Knokke, Belgium
Dodonée: 2025, townhouse, Brussels, Belgium
Airport Wevelgem: 2025, VIP lounge, Kortrijk, Belgium
Villa Fulu Fulu: 2025, holiday house, Oostduinkerke, Belgium
Kennedylaan: 2025, private bar, Aartselaar, Belgium
Merode: 2026, apartment, Brussels, Belgium
Bozar: 2026, restaurant, Brussels, Belgium
AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS
Prix Annick Buchet for Up Up Up, 2010
Dynamo Young Designer Award, with Up Up Up, Parallel, Line and Jerrycan, 2010
Homologie (for Design September) Brussels, 2012
Dialogue (for Design September) Brussels, 2013