Alfred Hardy (architect)

[1] Born in Quiévrain, he came into contact during World War II with the Ghent Professor Gustave Magnel and Brussels contractor Emile Blaton.

[2] Together with Polish engineer Simon Chaikes, he designed in 1947 two cylindrical aircraft hangars for the Grimbergen Airfield.

[3][4][5][6] This design was included in the Twentieth Century Engineering retrospective of 1964 in the New York Museum of Modern Art.

[7] His pioneering constructions contributed in architecture to the development of thin shells made out of reinforced concrete, later used by architects like Eero Saarinen or Félix Candela.

[11][12][13] Hardy married Emma Dassy and had two daughters (Nelly and Adrienne).