Cool, calm and collected
hen the Belgian architect David Van Severen and his wife, Swedish photographer Martina Bjorn, first came across their future home in Brussels, they were fascinated by the breathtaking grandeur of the 19th-century property located in a quiet, leafy residential area south-east of the city centre. “It faces an avenue with gardens at the front. When we first saw it we had one of those ‘this is too good to be true’ feelings because of its generous open spaces and a big,
